State of Mich. finalizing policy on social media

Associated Press

LANSING, Mich. —
The state plans to consider what its employees and agencies post on social media websites as matters of public record and subject to Freedom of Information Act requests.

Michigan is working to finalize a policy that is expected to be completed in August, Kurt Weiss, a spokesman for the state’s Department of Technology, Management and Budget, told the Lansing State Journal for a story published Sunday.

“What the state realizes is like other states, younger generations are getting their messages in other ways, be it Facebook or Twitter,” he said. “So when the state has important information to share, that’s an important avenue we have to look at.”