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CYFD fires two who raised concerns over transparency

Department leadership then set many of those communications to automatically delete.
Searchlight also found that the Governor’s Office and the state Department of Information Technology supported the systematic deletion of messages, according to emails and policy guidance obtained through an Inspection of Public Records Act request.
Legal experts warn that it is likely to impede investigations into the agency, cripple the ability of attorneys to represent children in state custody, and could violate the state Public Records Act rules on retention of documents.
CYFD use of Signal is under investigation by the office of state Attorney General Hector Balderas, after an earlier Searchlight report detailing the agency’s routine deletion of encrypted messages. House Republicans asked Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham to provide a report detailing “whether her office staff and/or cabinet level staff have been using data encryption and data dumping.” ....

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Two CYFD employees who raised concerns over deleted records were later fired

By Ed Williams, Searchlight New Mexico |
5 hours ago
Don J. Usner/Searchlight New Mexico
Secretary Brian Blalock of the Children, Youth and Families Department in his office in Santa Fe in 2020.
The New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department has fired two high-level employees who raised concerns about the agency’s practice of encrypting and summarily destroying records.
A Searchlight New Mexico investigation has found that over the past year, the CYFD used the secure text messaging app Signal to discuss a wide range of official business, including the state’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the care of children in state custody and concerns about private contractors. Department leadership then set many of those communications to automatically delete, rendering them forever inaccessible to attorneys, members of the public and journalists. ....

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