Shredding of government documents resumes after review

Government staff in Alberta can start shredding documents again following a review into allegations that documents were improperly destroyed after the 44-year-old Progressive Conservative government was swept from office on May 5th.

A memo was sent Monday to government departments clearing the way for the resumption of shredding.

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"The review of records management processes within the (government of Alberta) has been completed and departments were found to be using sound disposition practices in compliance with the records management program," the memo reads.

"As a result, we are now able to resume our normal disposition processes for transitory records both paper and electronic."

The ban remains in place for the environment department however.

Two months ago all departments were ordered to stop shredding until the new government could assume office.

At that time Alberta's Information and Privacy Commissioner and the province's Public Interest Commissioner announced they were launching a joint investigation after receiving complaints that documents were improperly destroyed by the province's department of Environment and Sustainable Resource Development.