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F. Can individual hard drives be copied from a central location?
G. Website
1. Does the website have an email/comments function?
2. If yes, are the questions/comments, and the agency’s responses retained?
H. Provide all official and unofficial written policies/procedures regarding the retention of data
since September 11, 2001.
V. Archiving
A. What is the agency’s current policies/procedures with regard to archiving?
B. Has the agency’s archiving policies/procedures changed at any time since September 11,
2001?
1. If yes, how have they changed?
2. When did they change?
3. Have the archiving policies/procedures changed since receipt of Michael Cardozo’s June
25, 2003 letter regarding the preservation of electronic evidence?
a. How did the policies/procedures change?
C. Describe how the systems and their data are archived.
D. Where are the archives located?
E. Are the archives easily accessible?
F. If there are retired systems, have they been archived?
1. If yes, are they accessible?
G. Can you recall the information, if any, that has been lost or destroyed?
1. What policies/procedures authorized the destruction of such information?
H. Provide all official and unofficial written policies/procedures regarding the archiving of data
since September 11, 2001.
VI. Policies & Procedures
A. Note: include any systems listed in DoITT “bible”
Please provide IT policies and procedures, including: usage policies (e.g., e-mail and Web
browsing), hardware and software standards, physical sites supported, network topologies,
security policies (including physical and network access), IT names and roles, application
listings, disaster recovery procedures, systems and operations manuals, configuration guides,
training materials, user documentation.
VII. Users and Inventory
B. Please provide a list of current and past users who have accessed the system.
C. Please provide a hardware inventory if available.
VIII. Employees who had a significant role on matters related to the September 11,2001 terrorist
attacks on the World Trade Center
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