Bob Ferguson said he was implementing a six-month suspension of a policy that, for years, let state agencies auto-delete Microsoft Teams messages every seven days, Ferguson hasn’t announced if the auto-deletion policy has been reinstated or if the suspension continues. In February 2025, the governor temporarily suspended the auto-deletion of internal electronic messages, including Microsoft Teams chats, for state agencies. Nixon said the Public Records Act is designed to protect the content of records, not the platform upon which they are conveyed. One of the defenses from those who contend the auto-deletion policy is justified suggests the messages are “transitory” and don’t pertain to anything relevant for public documentation. Nixon said Ferguson’s failure to respond regarding the Teams chat auto-deletion policy is a symptom of how his administration is operating.