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A Model Internet Posting Policy
Government agencies, businesses, and other organizations should con-
sider adding instructions on Internet posting to their authorized use
policy, employee handbook, condentiality agreements, and disciplin-
ary procedures. Employees, contractors, and other authorized users can
post to the Internet from work and from home, and items online can be
destructive to the enterprise, if they are untrue, unauthorized, or illicit.
Anonymous slander of businesses and agencies is relatively common
online, posing challenges including identication of the perpetrator and
a response to contain the potential damage. Following is a succinct state-
ment of a model posting policy:
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The Internet is important