Labor & Employment Law

By Harvey Randall, Esq.

Idaho Supreme Court: E-mails between government workers are public documents

Cowles Publishing Co. v Kootenai County Board of Supervisors, 2007 Opinion No. 74 Filed: May 4, 2007

The Idaho Supreme Court ruled that e-mail between government employees is public record. The e-mail correspondence at issue was between two county employees, a supervisor and a subordinate.

Essentially, the court held that ?The emails exchanged by public employees are public records and are not exempt from disclosure under either [Idaho] statutory exemptions or constitutional law.?

Full post as published by New York Public Personnel Law on March 07, 2008 (boomark / email).