Originally Posted by
nogods
Uh...how is the town going to know that the DVD/CD provided by a requester is new and blank and virus free? If someone wanted to mess with the town's computers all they would need to do is make a FOIL, claim they can't pay the extra 50 cents for the town to use its own DVD, and then put a keylogger or other invasive program that installs upon insertion of the dvd.
Resealing a flash drive in a retail package is also relatively easy.
For 50 freaking cents it ain't worth the risk.
moreover, because it is public information, the risk is even lower for all if the information is provided via email or if too large via a dropbox or google drive download.