Yeah, But Can They Post on New West?

Guv Clamps Down

By Howard Rothman, 12-09-05

Colorado Gov. Bill Owens has declared that employees of his office can no longer use state computers to post comments on political websites. But does that mean they're prohibited from posting on other sites as well? Seems the Rocky Mountain News discovered that someone in the Guv's office has been offering anonymous commentary on the state's must-read political blog, Colorado Pols. After being confronted with the news, Owen's chief of staff issued the following directive: "It has become apparent that Executive and Legislative computers have been used to post commentary on political web logs (blogs). Today, the governor ordered that we develop new policy prohibiting the use of government computers from being used to post to any such sites. Please make certain that all members of your respective staffs are notified that this policy is effective immediately." Looks to us like insider postings from state hardware are still okay here and on other non-political blogs.

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