Select Board debates town-email requirements, account costs, password access and AI language in draft tech policy
Jericho Select Board members reviewed a draft technology, social-media and information-security policy, debating whether elected officials must use town email accounts, the cost of accounts, appropriate technical access (not sharing passwords), and how to regulate AI tools; staff will revise the draft to clarify password/access procedures and refine AI language.
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The Select Board examined a draft town technology and information-security policy and raised three major issues: (1) whether elected officials should be required to use town email addresses; (2) the cost and scope of town-provided accounts and whether part-time positions should be exempt; and (3) a passage that appears to require employees to provide passwords or direct access to supervisors, which board members said should be handled by IT without exposing passwords.
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