Kathianne
08-25-2015, 10:29 PM
Business? Use gov't provided device. Personal? Use your own.
It's not brain surgery.
She's also taken a big hit on a review of Embassy in Japan (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/aug/25/caroline-kennedy-oversight-of-japanese-embassy-sla/). Wasn't Trump just talking about her?
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/37106321a381472b8345a5d5edcc7b5f/watchdog-us-ambassador-kennedy-used-private-email
Watchdog: US Ambassador Kennedy used private emailBy MATTHEW PENNINGTON (http://bigstory.ap.org/content/matthew-pennington)
Aug. 25, 2015 3:42 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior staff at the U.S. Embassy to Japan, including Ambassador Caroline Kennedy, have used personal email accounts for official business, an internal watchdog said in a report Tuesday. Some emails contained sensitive information.
The State Department's Office of Inspector General said that it identified instances where emails labeled "sensitive but unclassified" were sent from or received by personal email accounts. Department policy is that employees generally should not use such accounts for official business, the watchdog's office said.
"Employees are also expected to use approved, secure methods to transmit sensitive but unclassified information when available and practical," says the report.
State Department spokesman John Kirby said that although Kennedy did "infrequently" use private email, there was no indication she violated department policy, which allows its sparing and careful use if the information sent or received is then archived in a government system. He said classified information was not sent by private email, and that Kennedy did not use a personal email server.
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It's not brain surgery.
She's also taken a big hit on a review of Embassy in Japan (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/aug/25/caroline-kennedy-oversight-of-japanese-embassy-sla/). Wasn't Trump just talking about her?
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/37106321a381472b8345a5d5edcc7b5f/watchdog-us-ambassador-kennedy-used-private-email
Watchdog: US Ambassador Kennedy used private emailBy MATTHEW PENNINGTON (http://bigstory.ap.org/content/matthew-pennington)
Aug. 25, 2015 3:42 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior staff at the U.S. Embassy to Japan, including Ambassador Caroline Kennedy, have used personal email accounts for official business, an internal watchdog said in a report Tuesday. Some emails contained sensitive information.
The State Department's Office of Inspector General said that it identified instances where emails labeled "sensitive but unclassified" were sent from or received by personal email accounts. Department policy is that employees generally should not use such accounts for official business, the watchdog's office said.
"Employees are also expected to use approved, secure methods to transmit sensitive but unclassified information when available and practical," says the report.
State Department spokesman John Kirby said that although Kennedy did "infrequently" use private email, there was no indication she violated department policy, which allows its sparing and careful use if the information sent or received is then archived in a government system. He said classified information was not sent by private email, and that Kennedy did not use a personal email server.
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