It&#x27;s pretty cut and dry. Clinton was the only SoS that was legally required to maintain government email account for record keeping. Kerry is following the new laws as he should be.<p>Oct. 2, 2009: federal regulations on handling electronic records is updated: “Agencies that allow employees to send and receive official electronic mail messages using a system not operated by the agency must ensure that Federal records sent or received on such systems are preserved in the appropriate agency recordkeeping system.” The responsibility for making and preserving the records is assigned to “the head of each federal agency.”<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.washingtonpost.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;fact-checker&#x2F;wp&#x2F;2015&#x2F;03&#x2F;10&#x2F;hillary-clintons-emails-a-timeline-of-actions-and-regulations&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.washingtonpost.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;fact-checker&#x2F;wp&#x2F;2015&#x2F;03&#x2F;...</a>