Any nominations?
Posted: February 10, 2012 Filed under: Journalism Leave a comment »Each day my email box is flooded with press releases, many from state agencies. To be honest I have little use for these releases, but today’s release from the Oklahoma Insurance Department sure got my attention. I’m already trying to come up with my nomination for the Insurance Commissioner’s Award.
Later in the day the department sent a corrected version of the release along with an apology.
The Oklahoma Insurance Department apologizes for an unauthorized draft of an email that was distributed containing offensive and unacceptable language. This email was traced to a staff person who has accepted full responsibility and is deeply apologetic. Disciplinary action is being taken.
This email was not vetted through the normal process and neither the Insurance Commissioner nor any supervisory staff was aware of the distribution.
The Oklahoma Insurance Department, again, deeply apologizes for the unacceptable language.
