Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan has issued a strict warning to Department of Defense employees — both civilian and military — to use only official government email to conduct official business except in “rare and extraordinary” circumstances. In a Tuesday memo obtained by the *Washington Examiner*, Shanahan warns Pentagon workers that using “non-official electronic messaging accounts, including personal email accounts” to conduct official DoD communications is both against the law and DoD policy. https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__washex.am_2DpzCYL&d=DwIFaQ&c=pZJPUDQ3SB9JplYbifm4nt2lEVG5pWx2KikqINpWlZM&r=b5NZPQUb9_r2rQ3Zd74ATT3aSs9yKyRnJLOhqJvd7fE&m=NDuzjEQS3f6HXGil1qV9J2-nUb-QkitQweNH4UykgOY&s=LIvSRE-3oSKoLOWZexFdrqtZBWlyBXcH-HFveoPUn2w&e= https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__washex.am_2DpzCYL-2B&d=DwIFaQ&c=pZJPUDQ3SB9JplYbifm4nt2lEVG5pWx2KikqINpWlZM&r=b5NZPQUb9_r2rQ3Zd74ATT3aSs9yKyRnJLOhqJvd7fE&m=NDuzjEQS3f6HXGil1qV9J2-nUb-QkitQweNH4UykgOY&s=BOp7Ub46ymCKAGItggg6AGg7E9N_HFB7o8nBPu821cU&e= -- Peterk Dallas, Tx [log in to unmask] Save our in-boxes! https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__emailcharter.org&d=DwIFaQ&c=pZJPUDQ3SB9JplYbifm4nt2lEVG5pWx2KikqINpWlZM&r=b5NZPQUb9_r2rQ3Zd74ATT3aSs9yKyRnJLOhqJvd7fE&m=NDuzjEQS3f6HXGil1qV9J2-nUb-QkitQweNH4UykgOY&s=MhjAQCl1X2SLLx7TPmH_LrVsZEwFKHscEYWg2Dy_8EY&e= “If only there were a massive entity that I were forced to fund to tell me how I should live my life, since I’m so obviously incapable of deciding for myself.” M. Hashimoto List archives at http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html Contact [log in to unmask] for assistance To unsubscribe from this list, click the below link. If not already present, place UNSUBSCRIBE RECMGMT-L or UNSUB RECMGMT-L in the body of the message. mailto:[log in to unmask]
