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Page 1: Managing Electronic Communications...Managing Electronic Communications: ... • Real World Cases • Texting Trends • Policy & Best Practices • Technology. Public Employees’

Managing Electronic Communications: How TEXT, Email, and Social Media impact your organization

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“Technology is slower than you want and faster than you expect.”

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Communication Archiving:• Real World Cases

• Texting Trends

• Policy & Best Practices

• Technology

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Public Employees’ Personal E‐mail and Text Messages May be Subject to Disclosure under the Public Records Act – by Garrett Colli, Public Agencies

Editorial: Texting settlement an important message for Florida governments – Naples Daily News

Hillsborough commissioners must now carry 2 cell phones – Mike Salinero , Tribune Staff

10 Investigates gets emails officials said didn't exist – WTSP Staff

By law, texts are public records – The Ledger

POLITICS & GOVERNMENTMecklenburg County can’t provide texts from officials, despite public records lawBY CAROLINE METZLER AND FRED CLASEN‐[email protected]

FAQ: Are Text Messages Records?Erica Wilson‐Lang / November 3, 2011By Erica Wilson, Government Information Analyst

City Council emails, texts present challenges for laws governing open meetings, records – Dean Mosiman, Wisconsin State Journal

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• Venice sued over Sunshine Law and texting 

• “Text‐messaging is the common way public officials communicate these days. The 

Attorney General concluded several years ago that text messages are a public 

record”

• the city has spent more than $70,000 in attorney and consultant fees

• Because the city did not have the capability of capturing texts on city phones, 

employees were forbidden from texting

Real World Cases: Venice, FL

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• City Manager deleted from his cell phone a text message chain with a lobbyist , 

who he asked for pricey football tickets, believing they weren't public records and 

didn't need to be saved

• It doesn't matter what (name) believed, or that he made the bad call to destroy 

the texts, Bussian said. The city is still responsible for producing the texts, and 

failing to produce them violates the state's Public Records Act

Real World Cases: Tallahassee, FL

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• Sarasota School Board officials sued for not providing text messages

• “I learned a long time ago that you’re better off using the telephone,” (name) said. 

“You don’t get in trouble for the telephone. No emails and no text messages — I 

don’t text business.”

• Transparency for Florida is a statewide group that’s interested in holding public 

officials accountable while promoting transparency when it comes to public 

records

Real World Cases: Sarasota School Board, FL

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Texting Trends:

• 8.6 BILLION texts sent daily in the U.S. alone

• 97% of the people in the U.S. own a mobile device that can receive SMS messages.

• SMS feature is the most utilized smart phone feature.

• According to CTIA (www.CTIA.org), the average response time for a text message is just 

90 seconds, while the average response time for an email is 90 minutes.

• SMS produces engagement rates that are six to eight times higher than email.

• Government employees are increasingly using text messaging as a source of business communication.

• Government & First Responders.

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Texting Trends:

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Texting Trends:

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Policies & Best Practices: 

• Text Policy – be clear, precise and follow through with violation infractions (HR 

related) 

• Training is critical

• Align your policy with technology

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So, How are YOU “archiving” your text messages?• Transitory

• End User Device (custodian)

• Screen Shots

• No Text Policy

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Technology:• Agency issued devices

• BYOD (personal devices)

• MDM (mobile device manager)

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How “does” text Archiving work?

Participating carriers‐networks Smarsh Comprehensive Archiving Platform

Text messages are automatically captured, forwarded, stored and copied via API to The 

Archiving PlatformTM

Retain, Search, Review & Produce Text Messages

Corporate Mobile Devices

API

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The ArchivingPlatformTM

Long‐term Archivingindexed and Search‐ready

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EMAIL ARCHIVING

BYODPersonal Phone Business PhoneEMPOWERING COMPLIANT BYOD

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Why aren’t YOU archiving SMS? 

• Cost

• Disregard

• And what about violations?• Civil action

• Criminal penalties

• Suspension or removal from office

• Attorney’s fees

• Lack of Understanding

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So….Why aren’t YOU archiving SMS? 

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The term “public records” means:

• All “documents, papers, letters, maps, books, tapes, photos, films, 

sound recordings, data processing software or other materials, 

regardless of the physical form, characteristics, or means of 

transmission…..

…(includes electronic communications like text messages, emails). 

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Providing public records:• A requestor is not required to show “legitimate” interest as a condition 

of access

• A requestor cannot be denied because request is “overbroad”

• Unless authorized by another statute, an agency may not require the 

request in writing or require the requester to identify himself or herself

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Additional Resources:• Office of Attorney General Ashely Moody website: 

http://www.myfloridalegal.com

• Governor Ron DeSantis website:

http://www.flgov.com

• First Amendment Foundation website:

http://www.floridafaf.org

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Supported channels

Email IM & Collaboration Social Mobile Voice

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