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Contract Employees and FOIL Does a contractor have to comply with FOIL request if they are contracted to a county government? We have a [person] requesting information about a Security Guard who is a Contract Employee (employed by another government entity). All I know is the Guard's 1st name- which is on no paperwork we have. I have already told the requestor that the Guard is employed by an outside company. We are [REDACTED] County government and contract through [REDACTED Other Public Agency] - What do we have to do legally?	Tuesday, September 27, 2022
Retention Period for Employee Records How long should the library retain employee records, payroll records, sales and purchase records, mortgage and loan documents, and other records?	Tuesday, July 26, 2022
Discarding Environmental Impact Studies Our library has a number of older Environmental Impact Studies (both draft and finals) which are taking up space, and we were wondering if we could discard them. Can a library make its own retention schedule for these or do libraries need to keep these for a certain amount of time so the public can access them? If we can make our own retention schedule, do you have a recommendation as to how long they should be kept?	Friday, February 8, 2019