As well as portraying surveillance authorities records management there were four research questions answered, which included if the surveillance authorities used instructions provided by the National Archives of Iceland and met with requirements put forth by the Icelandic legal environment.
Að auki voru bornar upp fjórar rannsóknarspurningar um hvort stofnanirnar nýttu sér leiðbeiningar Þjóðskjalasafns Íslands og uppfylltu kröfur lagaumhverfis skjalastjórnar.