Justice
Management Division
Serving Justice - Securing Results
Generally, an employee should recognize her responsibility to make
an honest effort to use government property and official time for
official business only. An employee may not use the official time
of another employee for anything other than official business.
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C.F.R. § 2635.704 (Subpart G - Misuse of
Position, Use of Government Property)
Department of Justice employees are generally authorized to make
personal use of most office equipment and library facilities where
the cost to the Government is negligible and on an employee's own
time. 28 C.F.R. § 45.4. In
addition to the use of government property, employees are authorized
by memorandum dated January 13, 1997, to make personal
use of the Internet as described in the memorandum. There are security
and other concerns that arise with any Internet use, so employees
should also familiarize themselves with memoranda on use of the
Internet dated March 11, 1998 and December 9, 1998.
The use of any government property, including the Internet, for
partisan political activities is prohibited. On December 20, 1999, a memorandum was issued on accessing
political websites.
Under the Department's policy on
the use of its electronic mail systems, an employee may send a
short, personal message to another employee. However, personal
messages sent to groups of people and messages sent to disseminate
information on non-Governmental activities, such as charitable
events, religious observances and personal businesses, are prohibited.
While this policy addresses the Department's old mail systems (EAGLE
and AMICUS), it is still valid and applies to all Department mail
systems.
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