Sarah Palin Emails Available on Crivella West Website

June 10, 2011

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CARNEGIE, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Crivella West Incorporated, an advanced analytics and investigational research company, announced that electronic searchable copies of all 24,199 Sarah Palin emails released by the State of Alaska today at 1 PM (ET) are now available on the Crivella West website, www.crivellawest.net. Access to the website is available to anyone anywhere without cost.

Crivella West worked with msnbc.com, Mother Jones and Pro Publica to make these emails available, a process that began with multiple public records requests over two years ago. Instead of making what were once electronic records available electronically, the State of Alaska printed multiple sets of individual copies, a process that took over a week. Crivella West converted the paper documents back into an electronic searchable text within about six hours after their release.

Art Crivella, CEO and Co-Founder said: “This was not a difficult task – when you know what you are doing. Every journalist and every individual who makes a FOIA request should demand that the information be provided in a searchable electronic format. Today, nearly all communication records are stored electronically. For the releasing party, the electronic approach would be faster, better, and less expensive. The information belongs to the public and they should be able to get it in a usable format. Modern methods would also enable the releasing party to easily and inexpensively identify and withhold confidential information, when permitted, without lengthy and expensive manual review, and thereby respond to an information request in weeks, not years.”

Crivella West is a thought leader in language analytics. Powering investigations through advanced search and retrieval, we create and implement innovative technology and methods that revolutionize the way work is performed. We anticipate needs and bring science and automation to professional services and scholarly and investigative research.