Farewell to the list of lists: What happened to NC's index mandate and why it matters
North Carolina public records law used to mandate that all public agencies create an index of computer databases compiled or created by the agency. The idea was to keep up with the increasing number of databases governments use to organize, store, and access public information. This index helped the public and media agencies navigate which databases were being used — and what types of records were being kept.
Source: whqr.org
