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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 1999-01
Non-work Related E-Mail and Internet Usage
City computers are provided for official business relating to City affairs. The City recognizes
that during the course of the day, employees receive and send non-work related e-mail. The purpose
of this Administrative Order is to establish guidelines relating to the personal use of the City's Email
and Internet programs.
1. The Telephone, Fax and Copier Usage Policy found in Section IX of the Employee
Handbook requires that personal telephone calls are kept to a minimum. Likewise, the
sending, receiving and reading of non-work related e-mail, as well as time spent on the
Internet on non-work related matters, must be kept to a minimum and, whenever possible,
performed on non-work time.
2. Accessing Internet sites which are inappropriate for the workplace or which might adversely
affect the confidence of the public is prohibited.
3. Whenever an employee sends or otherwise distributes non-work related E-mail to another
employee within the City, the employee should personally obtain the receiving employee's
consent to receive the e-mail prior to transmittal.
3. Personal e-mail transmissions must comply with the City's Sexual Harassment Policy, fourrl
in Appendix D of the City of Bozeman's Employee Handbook.
This Administrative Order is effective immediately and shall remain in effect until a more
comprehensive policy is adopted either by Administrative Order or through an amendment to the
City of Bozeman's Employee Handbook.
DATED this 70 ,'" day of February 1999
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CLARK V. JOHNSON, City Manager