NARA implements new plan for preserving e-mail.

• Position: E-MAIL

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has offered federal agencies a new, more simplified and automated approach to managing e-mail: Capstone.

The Capstone approach allows an agency to categorize and schedule e-mail based on the work and/ or position of the e-mail account owner. For example, the agency could determine that records from the accounts of officials at or near the top of an agency should be preserved as permanent. All other e-mail accounts would be considered temporary and preserved for a set period of time based on the agency's need.

Advantages of using the Capstone approach include:

* Reduced reliance on print-and-file, click-and-file, drag-and-drop, or other user-dependent policies

* Optimized access...