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Monday, June 21, 2010   

LARAMIE, Wyo. - E-mail is a common part of political campaigning these days, but seeing political messages on the University of Wyoming e-mail system is uncommon - because they are banned. However, Bob Spencer with the Equality State Policy Center says they recently received complaints about e-mail politicking over the university's system.

The organization sent a letter to U.W. President Tom Buchanan asking that the university do all it could do to prevent use of a taxpayer-funded system for partisan politics, Spencer says.

"To use it as a political tool is inappropriate. Taxpayers don't want our funds to be used for political uses."

Spencer was impressed that the university was quick to act, sending a reminder to all employees that using the U.W. system to originate or forward messages promoting political candidates is a no-no.

University of Wyoming Communications Director Jessica Lowell says because university e-mail addresses are publicly available, people are sometimes added to political lists without their knowledge. She adds that regular reminders are distributed when it comes to e-mail policy guidelines.

"Each campaign season, we remind our employees that state resources cannot be used for promoting political activities or candidates."

Faculty members receiving such messages are encouraged to delete them immediately.



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