> Craig Kilby wrote:
 > Apparently the NYT is behind the news curve. This was reported about two
 > weeks ago. Since then--due to public outrage--the Governor the Peach 
State
 > has at least claimed he will not let this happen. Just how--or even 
if--he does
 > this is not yet clear.

Yes, thanks, as Henry Wiencek said two weeks ago, he had "seen the news 
on a couple of blogs." And the Times story 
(http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/27/us/budget-cuts-to-limit-public-access-to-georgia-archives.html) 
does stipulate, "Gov. Nathan Deal of Georgia has said he will push to 
restore some financing for the state archives in the coming budget 
cycle." It seems to me that everybody who values archives and civic and 
scholarly memory can be glad that the news got picked up and examined by 
at least one prominent national publication. (Maybe others have picked 
it up too?) And it seems to me that it's also great that the NYT saw fit 
to expand the story to a more general level, pondering the future -- and 
the importance -- of public recordkeeping and archives in the coming 
years of the digital age.

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