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City of Arden Hills Personnel Policy Effective February 29,2016 Content Sharing—YouTube, Flickr, Digg, Delicious Collaboration—Wikipedia, Micropublishing These websites can offer many different ways for users to interface such as instant messaging, blogging and commenting, microblogging, status updates, online forums, website link sharing, video conferencing, sharing photos, videos, etc. Microblogging (Twitter)" —This is a form of blogging that allows registered users to post short updates (140 characters or less) about themselves and their activities. General Standards The City of Arden Hills' social media websites and online community accounts and their associated content should focus on significant City interest areas and be organized in a manner that avoids duplication, ambiguities, and/or conflicting information. Social Media Web Site Responsibility It is the responsibility of the Director of Finance and Administrative Services or his/her designee to ensure all City policies are followed when employees are establishing a City of Arden Hills social media site or the applicable Department Director when interacting with social media sites in the course of the employee's scheduled work. 1. All postings to City of Arden Hills social media sites may be subject to review by the City Clerk, Department Director (as applicable) and/or the City Administrator and may be deleted without notice. 2. Additional or significantly amended social media websites, intended to be established for the benefit of the City of Arden Hills via individual employees or departments, must be approved by the Director of Administrative Services or his/her designee and the City Administrator. The employee is responsible for providing documentation on the benefits of using social media networks for their specific job functions as justification for approval of the additional or significantly amended social media sites. It is the responsibility of the employee's supervisor to review work impacts to assure that using social media does not negatively affect the employee's day-to-day job performance. 3. Administration of all social media websites and online community accounts must comply with applicable laws, regulations and policies as well as proper business etiquette. 4. City social media accounts accessed and utilized during the course and scope of an employee's performance of his/her job duties may not be used for private or personal purposes or for the purpose of expressing private or personal views on personal, political or policy issues or to express personal views or concerns pertaining to City employment relations matters. 99