IP: Senator accuses IRS employees of sloth, surfing for porn

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> To: politech () politechbot com
> From: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
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> http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0501/050901td.htm
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> Senator says IRS employees are 'goofing off'
> From National Journal's Technology Daily
> May 9, 2001
>
> Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, said Tuesday 
> hundreds of IRS employees are spending hours surfing non-business-related 
> Web sites and sending personal e-mail even as the agency's level of 
> service to taxpayers remains lackluster and its productivity lags. "Some 
> IRS employees are clearly goofing off," Grassley said...
>
> ...
>
> The reports found that IRS employee Internet use is "extensive," with 
> slightly more than half of it for personal use. Employees visited sites 
> devoted to stock trading, chat rooms, sports, sexually explicit content 
> and gambling.
>
> ...



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