With the advent of blogs, there is a need to set rules of the road for the use of blogs by employees, contractors, agents, supplies and others. This sample blog policy template contains specific policy statements on what can and can not be done via blogs. There are 13 specific guidelines defined as specific guidelines for personal web sites and blogs which are on your enterprise's domains and those on are on domains outside of your enterprise's control.

The policy template comes in word format and can easily be modified to meet the specific requirements of any size enterprise.

This policy is also contained in the IT Service Management Policy Template.

The IT Service Management Policy Template contains policies, standards, procedures and metrics that comply with the ITIL Standard. Chapters of the template include:

Service Requests Policy
Service Request Standard
Help Desk Policy
Help Desk Standards
Help Desk Procedures
Help Desk Service Level Agreement
Change Control Standard
Change Control Quality Assurance Standard
Change Control Management Workbook
Documentation Standard
Application Version Control Standard
Version Control Standard
Internet, eMail and Electronic Communication Policy
Travel and Off-Site Meeting
Blogs and personal web sites

In addition, the ITSM template includes the Business and IT Impact Questionnaire, a Change Control Request Form and an Internet Use Approval Form. It conforms with ITIL.