Wong cites January memo banning Signal and asks why mayor's office uses it
Wong says a January 15 memo from Chief Counsel Ramsey Kassem bans Signal for all city employees and asks why the mayor's office is using it; Smith-Cruz says she is not aware of the memo but that agencies ought to comply with DORIS policy and their own leadership's guidance.
I have seen the memo.
There's data in January that's issued to all city employees that signal is banned.
No one could use it.
Is that right?
Are you aware of this memo?
Thank you for that question.
I'm not aware of a memo for banning signal, but I do know that there are very many agency communications related to guidance for what folks should use when they are.
It's dated January 15 from Chief Counsel Ramsey Kassem, and it specifically says do not use signal.
So why are we seeing the mayor's office using it?
Thank you for that clarification.
The best that I can say is that city agencies ought to comply with the DORIS policy and that additional guidance from their own
leadership ought to be something that they regard in their communications.
But we do let everyone know, we provide access to the same policy to all city agencies, the same 2025 instant messaging policy.