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This document outlines Federal Way's internet use policy for city employees. It establishes guidelines for appropriate internet use to ensure it is consistent with laws, policies, and job responsibilities. The policy prohibits uses like downloading viruses, accessing objectionable material, wasting time, or misrepresenting personal opinions as official policy. It allows reasonable personal use if it does not interfere with work. All internet activity is subject to monitoring and records belong to the city. Violating the policy can result in disciplinary action.

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F 4 Internet Use

This document outlines Federal Way's internet use policy for city employees. It establishes guidelines for appropriate internet use to ensure it is consistent with laws, policies, and job responsibilities. The policy prohibits uses like downloading viruses, accessing objectionable material, wasting time, or misrepresenting personal opinions as official policy. It allows reasonable personal use if it does not interfere with work. All internet activity is subject to monitoring and records belong to the city. Violating the policy can result in disciplinary action.

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FederalWay 9.6INTERNETUSEPOLICY Purpose ToestablishbasicguidelinesfortheappropriateuseoftheInternetandtoensurethatInternetuse amongCityemployeesisconsistentwithCitypolicies,allapplicablelaws,andtheindividualuser'sjob responsibilities.

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TheInternetisatoolwhichmaybeprovidetoauthorizedemployees,attheCity's discretion,foruseinCitybusiness.Itcontainsmanyusefulfeatures,includingemailto nonCityresourcesandaccesstoresearchmaterials.TheInternetcanalsobemisusedin avarietyofways,includingwithoutlimitation: Downloadingfilesthatcontainviruses,endangeringCityinformationsystems; Accessingobjectionablematerial; Wastingworktimebyperformingunauthorizedresearchoraccessingnonbusiness relatedinformationandpeople; Misrepresentinganindividual'sopinionasCitypolicy.

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IndividualResponsibilities InternetusersareresponsibleforcomplyingwiththisandallotherCityanddepartmentpolicieswhen usingtheCity'sresourcesforaccessingtheInternet.ViolationofthispolicyorofapplicableCityand departmentpoliciesisgroundsfordisciplinaryactionasdefinedintheEmployeeGuidelines. GeneralPolicies


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Internetaccessandthesoftwareandhardwareforthataccessmustbeauthorizedby theCityManagerorhisorherdesignee.AllInternetusersmustsignanEmployee ConsentandPrivacyWaiverpriortoauthorization.InformationSystemswillkeepalog ofemployeesaccessingtheInternetwhichwillbeperiodicallyaudited. IndividualdepartmentsmaysetadditionalrulesorguidelinesforInternetuseconsistent withthefollowinggeneralpolicies: Anemployee'srightswhileusingtheInternetviaCityresourcesdoesnotincludethe righttoprivacy.TheCityreservestheexpressrighttomonitorandinspecttheactivities oftheemployeewhileaccessingtheInternetatanytime.Inaddition,allsoftware,files, information,communications,andmessagesdownloadedorsentviatheInternetusing CityresourcesaretheCity'srecordsandpropertyoftheCity.

InformationSystemsand/ordepartmentdirectorsreservetherighttoremoveany employeefromInternetaccessforviolationofapplicableCityordepartmentpolicies. InternetuseviaCityresourcesisforCitybusiness.Internetaccessislimitedtoworking hoursunlessafterhoursaccessisexpresslygivenbythedepartmentmanageranda recordiskeptwithInformationSystems.Reasonablenoncommercialpersonaluseof theinternetmaybeallowedprovideditdoesnotinterferewithwork.Employeesare encouragedtolimittheirpersonaluseoftheinternettobreaksandlunchhours.

InternetusemustcomplywithapplicablelawsandCitypoliciesincludingbutnotlimited toallfederalandstatelaws,andCitypoliciesgoverningsexualharassment, discrimination,intellectualpropertyprotection,privacy,publicdisclosure, confidentiality,misuseofcityresources,informationanddatasecurity. AllInternetusemustbeconsistentwiththeCity'sEmployeeGuidelinesandCodeof Ethics. InordertopreventpotentialCityliability,itistheresponsibilityofallinternetusersto clearlycommunicatetotherecipientwhentheopinionsexpresseddonotrepresent thoseoftheCityofFederalWay. ThesafetyandsecurityoftheCity'snetworkandresourcesmustbeconsideredatall timeswhenusingtheInternet.Anyprogramsfromanoncommercialsource(i.e., softwarethatisnotpurchasedinoriginaldisketteorCDROMformat)orwhichinvolve executableorbinaryfilesmustnotbedownloadedorinstalledunlessproperlyscanned forviruses.(TrainingandproceduresareavailablethroughInformationSystems.) Resourcesofanykind,forwhichthereisafee,mustnotbeaccessedordownloaded withoutapprovalfromsupervisor. Publicaccessdatabases(e.g.,WorldWideWebservers,FileTransferProtocolservers) mustnotbecreatedorimplementedwithoutpriorapprovalbysystemadministrator. ThereisawidevarietyofinformationontheInternet.Someindividualsmayfind informationontheInternetoffensiveorotherwiseobjectionable.Individualusersmust beawarethattheCityhasnocontroloveravailableinformationontheInternetand cannotberesponsibleforthecontentofinformation.

ProhibitedUsesoftheInternet Thefollowingexamplesinclude,butarenotlimitedto,prohibitedusesoftheInternet:
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SolicitationuseoftheInternettopurchaseorsellnonbusinessitemsthrough advertising.

Discrimination/HarassmentuseoftheInternettosendharassingmessages,derogatory comments,orunlawfuldiscriminatorymessagesrelatedtoage,color,sex,religion,or creed. PoliticaluseoftheInternetforpartisanpoliticalpurposes. Aliases/Anonymousmessages/Misrepresentationuseofaliasesortransmissionof anonymousmessages;additionally,Internetusersmustnotmisrepresenttheirjob titles,jobdescriptions,orpositionsintheCity. Misinformation/ConfidentialInformationreleaseofuntrue,distorted,orconfidential informationregardingCitybusiness. Viewing/DownloadingofNonBusinessRelatedInformationaccessing,viewing, downloading,oranyothermethodforretrievingnonbusinessrelatedinformation, includes,butisnotlimitedto,entertainmentsites,pornographicsites,chatrooms, bulletinboards,ornewsrelatedsites. Copyrightsunlawfulreproductionordistributionofcopyrightedinformation, regardlessofthesource.

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