Communications coordinator outlines plan for strategic communications, social-media tools and accessibility work

Thomas Gray, Web and Public Information Coordinator, reported on communications workload across nearly two dozen departments and requested regular Board check-ins to prioritize competing needs. Current priorities include finishing a County Strategic Communications Plan (targeted for the end of September), updating the social-media policy, implementing improved public-records software and a public-records policy guided by the State Public Records Advocate, rolling out Loomly for social-media coordination, and acquiring social-media archiving software to improve records retention and moderation compliance.