Chapter 1 – General Administration

12060.3 Publications Written By Employees

• Any manual, leaflet, book, newsletter, or other publication on a subject related to the Department which would normally qualify as a public record and involve distribution to staff, organizations outside the Department, Legislature, general public, news, media, and/or for submission to an outside professional journal/paper shall require review by the Assistant Director, Communications, and approval in writing by the Director prior to submission, issuance, or distribution.

• Any such articles written by employees for submission to professional journals or other outside publications shall be forwarded through administrative channels to the Assistant Director, Communications, who may request comments from interested Deputy or Assistant Directors before the article is forwarded to the Chief Deputy Director.

• When any employee prepares a manual, book, leaflet, newsletter, or other publication as part of the employee’s official duties, the employee may obtain a copyright on such publication at the employee’s own expense. However, that copyright shall be deemed to be held in trust for the Department, as the works copyrighted shall directly or indirectly have pertinence to the Department.

• See DOMDepartment Operations Manual 14020 for the publication of research reports and findings.