State GOP blasts e-mail panel

State Republican party chairwoman Linda Daves blasted the work of a panel convened to review the state's policy toward electronic public records.

Daves said the committee's recommendations, which include more training for state employees and a five-year archive for messages, don't stop state employees from improperly deleting e-mail messages. 

"The group studies the issue for two months on the taxpayer dime and then releases recommendations that don't even address the problem for which the panel was originally convened," Daves said in a statement. "This is a perfect example of Raleigh politics. Speak loudly. Do nothing."