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I mean, this is just plain common sense in the workplace, government or otherwise. Email is on record because of SOX or HIPAA or FISMA, so treat it accordingly.
by fl0wenol 6y ago
I mean, this is just plain common sense in the workplace, government or otherwise. Email is on record because of SOX or HIPAA or FISMA, so treat it accordingly.
- LeifCarrotson 6y agoCommon sense would be not saying or thinking or acting on reprehensible things that someone would be afraid of having on record. An email that, for example, threatens bad performance reviews if an employee doesn't show up at an optional after-hours company fundraiser, is something someone wouldn't want on record. That doesn't mean you should say it in-person in the break room where you're not on record instead of emailing it. It means you shouldn't use performance reviews as a weapon to coerce things you can't or won't contractually demand from employees. Two tools are great for combating this sort of malfeasance: First, slip an acknowledgement for the verbal request in an email. Something like "Hey, the company event Friday night which you mentioned was critical to my performance review. Is that business casual?" or "You told me to get this internal request for your project done before taking care of my urgent customer tickets, here it is." can help you keep a paper trail with implicit acknowledgement. Second, as long as you're not in California, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, or Washington, and you have an Android, install a call recorder app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.callrecord.auto https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.callrecord... was an app I used for a while in a sensitive situation. Even if you never use it, it's nice to have if something was to blow up.