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>
>
>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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