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A friend of mine just shared this story on Facebook and I thought I would pass it along and maybe start some discussion about it.

"Applying for a job with the City of Bozeman? You may be asked to provide more personal information than you expected.

That was the case for one person who applied for employment with the City. The anonymous viewer emailed the news station recently to express concern with a component of the city's background check policy, which states that to be considered for a job applicants must provide log-in information and passwords for social network sites in which they participate."

Another version of the story can be found at http://tinyurl.com/kn5ym3.

So, who does Watch the Watchmen? As technology connected adults who worry about morals of our public officials, what do you think about this? Should public employees be vetted before getting jobs the way elected people often are?

This makes for good discussion. Please don't start blaming people for the situation, but what are the pro-s and con-s of using personal networking sites to judge the moral character of prospective public employees?