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Technology Management Division Section 754.7
754.7 SUBJECT: REQUEST AND USE OF VOICE MESSAGE (VOICEMAIL)
PROCESSING
:1 OBJECTIVE:
A. To describe the policy and procedure necessary to request and obtain voice message
processing features.
B. To describe the policy and procedure for use of voice message processing.
C. To ensure requests are consistent with the overall technical direction of City-wide
telecommunication systems.
:2 AUTHORITY:
This procedure amended by City Council September 15, 2003.
:3 DIRECTION:
Network Support Manager receives direction through the Systems & Networks Senior Manager.
:4 METHOD OF OPERATION:
A. Voice message processing, voice mailboxes or Phone Mail will be used for City business
purposes only. Evidence of abuse or misuse will constitute grounds for removal from the
voice message processing system.
B. Voice message processing statistical reports will be monitored monthly for current and
past activity as well as the security of the system. Suspected abuse or misuse will be
reported to the Chief Information Officer and the appropriate Department Director/Office
Head for disposition.
C. Employees desiring a voice mailbox will submit their requests in writing, using the
Technology Management Service Request Form. Department Directors/Office
Heads/Division Managers/Program Managers will screen requests for appropriateness,
need and approval. A "MUST-ANSWER" phone number shall be provided on the form
next to "Voice Mail" before entry into the Phone Mail system.
D. All employees approved for assignment of a voice mailbox will receive written
instructions on how to set up their mailbox. Formal training will be provided as needed.
E. The employee's voice mailbox record will be removed from the Phone Mail system upon
termination of employment, transfer to another Department/Office, or loss of the
employee's services for a period of 30 days or longer.
F. The operation and administration of all matters pertaining to the voice message
processing system will be handled by the Technology Management Division
G. Persons using the Phone Mail system shall report all instances of trouble, busy signals,
locked mailboxes and evidence of misuse to the Call Center at 246-2600.
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Technology Management Division Section 754.7
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H. Definitions
1. Alternate Greeting - A personal Phone Mail greeting that can be substituted for
the regular greeting if the subscriber has had the multiple personal greeting
ability enabled. When activated, the alternate greeting answers all calls.
2. Mailbox - A depository in the Phone Mail system assigned to each subscriber to
permit the subscriber to send and receive Phone Mail messages.
3. Must-Answer Position - An extension at which someone is available to answer
callers who have reached a subscriber's Phone Mail mailbox but who want to
speak to someone directly.
4. Pager - Radio paging service is another form of telephone service made possible
by radio technology. If "outcalling" is a desirable feature of the Phone Mail
mailbox, you must identify on the request form, in "Other" box, the type of pager
(voice or digital) you are using so that the appropriate class of service is provided
to your mailbox.
5. Outcalling - Phone Mail feature designed to notify subscribers who are away
from their telephones that new voice messages exist in their Phone Mail mailbox.
This is done by calling the subscriber at a predetermined telephone number or
pager.
6. System Administrator - The Network Support Manager or designated assistant
who configures, monitors and maintains the Phone Mail system, and also is
responsible for generating reports and communication with the Phone Mail
vendor.
:5 FORMS:
Technology Management Service Request Form.
:6 COMMITTEE RESPONSIBILITIES:
None.
:7 REFERENCE:
Procedure adopted by City Council September 14, 1992, Item 3NN; amended April 19, 1993,
Item VV; amended March 20, 1995, Item SS; amended August 25, 1997, Item 8-A; amended
August 31, 1998, Item 3K; amended April 3, 2000, Item 2PPP; amended September 15, 2003.
:8 EFFECTIVE DATE:
This procedure effective September 15, 2003.