State Dept. inspector general report sharply criticizes Hildebeest’s email practices

State Dept. inspector general report sharply criticizes Hildebeest’s email practices

[Hildebeest's] practices failed to comply with department policies meant to ensure federal record laws are followed.

Hildebeest has said she complied with laws requiring the preservation of documents, including emails, because she emailed other government officials at their official accounts, knowing their emails would be retained on public servers.

However, Hildebeest has not explained how she intended emails sent to private citizens, who did not use government email, to be preserved. Some emails have emerged, particularly from Hildebeest’s first months in office in 2009 when her aides have said she was transitioning technology, that she did not provide to the State Department. (WaPo)