The Government has issued a social media guideline for its employees, with a view to ensuring transparency and accountability in governance by using the Information and Communications Technology.
The guideline issued by the Cabinet Division on Sunday, has also encouraged the public servants to use the social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter and You Tube for highlighting their success and achievements at work.
However, through the directives, the government has asked its employees to maintain the service conduct rules while sharing their information on social networking platforms.
Noting that more than 800 government organisations have already introduced the technology, the guideline stated that the government offices or its employees can create a number of accounts on different social media platforms for strengthening the interpersonal communication at workplaces.
According to the guideline, in case of opening an account or a page of a certain organisation, no personal name or position can be used. Rather the offices can appoint an individual or form a 3 to 5-member admin panel to operate their official pages on social media.
The government in the directives, asked the organisation or person concerned to ensure their pages are updated at least twice every week. It also asked government servants to be careful while posting contents on national unity or religion.
Although the guideline did not give any specific instruction over maintaining public servants’ personal accounts, it said every individual will be responsible for posts on personal accounts.