Comment Re:Typical (Score 4, Insightful) 67
This is one way, at least, in which the politicians who always promise to "run government like a business" seem to be keeping their word. When budget cuts come in the private sector, the corporate history/archival department is among the first to get axed. Sure, 30 years later you might need those documents, but that's a problem for someone 30 years later to sort out.