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Internet/Intranet Usage
CDC staff use the Intranet and the Internet to
do research, obtain and provide information, and communicate with others
via email. While it is expected that all staff will use these IT resources
for official business, CDC has authorized their use for personal activities
with certain specific limits and prohibitions. See publication "Employee
Use of CDC Information Technology Resources". Of primary
importance is that personal use of IT assets falls within the following
parameters:
- It is incidental,
- Involves minimal additional expense to the government,
- Is performed on the employee's personal time,
- Does not interfere with the mission or operations
of the agency,
- Does not violate federal laws or the provisions
[specified in items V.1 and V.2] of this policy.
CDC policy calls for blocking selected sites on the
Internet because they contain prohibited materials, represent a risk to
the integrity of agency IT assets, etc. However, not all risks can be
filtered out, and user discretion is a key factor in protecting the agency
from attack and compromise via the Internet. Rejecting automatic updates
to software and downloading needed documents and code only from known
sites and then scanning for virus are two key steps that can help.
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