8A. Agency guidelines that permit other-than official use of Email are established to the extent that the spare capacity is available and the network performance of the Email systems is not negatively impacted by the additional traffic load, and the usage does not require support assistance. These unofficial uses of Email are parallel to the policies on limited personal use of Government office telephones. 8C. Limited personal use means occasional individual messages that are not official use, that are of limited size, and that are otherwise in conformance with agency and Federal policies and procedures. 8E. Messages that are not official-use should include a disclaimer making clear that the message is personal and not reflective of agency or the Government. 8F. Use of the Email system should not reflect negatively on the agency or Federal Government.
Email address is used in some inappropriate venues.
Nothing for commercial gain of the Government users may be transported on Government Email. Employees may not utilize the Government Email to transact business activity that is of a for-profit nature. 8H. Information or material of a sexual or pornographic nature may not be transmitted. Specific exceptions can be made for online research, monitoring or law enforcement activities. The CIO Council Interoperability Committee created the Federal Email Postmaster's Council to address the issues of interoperability of Email in the Federal Government.