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activities cannot pose a conflict of interest, a negative public perception, or the appearance of <br /> impropriety. Purchases should not be time - sensitive, such as auctions or investments. Also, City <br /> employees may not use the City's information resources to avoid the expense of personally <br /> purchasing comparable hardware, software and/or intemet access. Day trading or e-Bay <br /> purchases and similar auction -like uses are not permitted. <br /> 6. Can I check out my investment performance for my deferred comp account on my City <br /> computer? Can I use the internet to complete deferred comp transactions? <br /> You may use your City computer to access your deferred compensation account and PERS <br /> information, as long as you do so before or after work, on a break or while you are on meal <br /> periods. See Question 1. You may update your account information and access forms or other <br /> information related to your account, but you may not use your City computer to buy or sell funds <br /> in your deferred comp account. City employees may not sell or trade goods, services or financial <br /> instruments via the City's intemet for personal use. <br /> 7. I know that I'm not supposed to use the telephone for personal calls during work <br /> hours, but my doctor just called and she's really hard to get on the phone. Can I just <br /> this once speak with her very briefly when I'm not on a rest break or at a meal period? <br /> As explained in Question 3, there is an exception in the policy to allow you to use the City's <br /> telephone during working hours for personal reasons on a rare occasion when there is an urgent <br /> situation that cannot wait for a couple of hours until you are on rest break, on your lunch time, or <br /> done with work for the day. Rare generally means something that occurs on average of 2 to 3 <br /> times a month. Examples would be the one mentioned above about accepting a doctor's phone <br /> call, or if your child's school called to tell you that your child was sick and needed to be picked <br /> up. You could use the City's telephone to talk with the school and then to talk with a family <br /> member or care giver to ensure that your child is picked up from school and has supervision for <br /> the rest of the day. <br /> 8. I'd like to have photos of my dog as wallpaper and as a screen saver on my City <br /> computer. Is that OK? <br /> This is allowed under the City's policy, as long as you are using the City - supplied Windows <br /> software to display those photos. City policy says that you cannot load any personal software <br /> onto the computer in order to display those photos. <br /> 9. When I'm traveling on City business and I bring along a City- issued cell phone and/or <br /> City- issued laptop, can I use those items for any personal activities? <br /> Guidelines for using City equipment while traveling on City business are the same as the <br /> guidelines for using City equipment while you are at your regular work place. See Question 1. <br /> You may use a laptop computer for personal reasons before and after work, on a rest break or at <br /> meal periods, for brief periods of time. You may make one brief personal phone call (fewer than <br /> five minutes) home on your City -owned cell phone to check in each day. <br /> 10. Can I use my City cellular phone for personal calls? <br /> The personal use of cellular phones is more limited than that for regular office phones. This is <br /> because of the air time costs associated with cellular phones. Personal use of a City -owned <br /> Human Resources Revised: 07/26/07 <br />