JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Gov. Sean Parnell has no immediate plans to change an administration policy that instructs employees to use state email for conducting state business, his spokeswoman said Monday.

The policy was enacted in 2009, shortly after Parnell took over as governor from Sarah Palin. It says that when executive branch employees conduct state business through email, they must use the state system, “whenever feasible.” If employees need to or inadvertently use private email for state business, they are to copy those records to their state accounts. Failure to do so, according to the policy, may result in discipline up to and including dismissal.