I had more back and forth with the “RTK dude” yesterday. I will have to say, it is FAR easier in dealing with him than my local School Board when it comes to Right To Know requests! When we first filed our Right To Know concerning the political blogging at the Concord Monitor, we first thought that Richard de Seve (DES employee, chapter VP for SEIU, and former Delegate for Dennis Kucinich for President back in 2008, and Conservation Committee member in Gilmanton) had to follow the Dept of IT Computer Usage Policy. So, we asked for it:
Copies of the Mr. de Seve’s signed copies of the IT Department’s Computer Use policy that he signs at his annual review, showing that he has read, understands, and agrees to abide by
Well, the DES RTK Dude set us straight by gently informing us that DES had its own policy (posted here). Even though Mr. de Seve has already admitted his guilt in stealing time from NH taxpayers and citizens for his own political purposes, the DES RTK Dude, to satisfy the intent of part of the RTK, sent us a copy of Mr. de Seve’s signed copy of the DES Computer Policy Agreement (shortened for space by me, larger size after the jump):
So we have two facts in evidence:
- This former lawyer willingly signed his acknowledgement that he had read and understood the DES policy on computer use.
- Like I said above, he outright admitted to violating the policy in his email to Steve.
And no, we have not asked what the ramifications of this are – yet. That is not part of our Right To Know.
We also received some other answers to our Right To Know items – we’ll be posting them up later!
