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Congressman seeks ban to stop federal employees from watching porn all day
Washington Post ^ | 9/24/2014 | Colby Itkowitz

Posted on 09/24/2014 4:41:38 AM PDT by markomalley

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To: markomalley

Teleworkers use their home PC’s while “on the job”.


21 posted on 09/24/2014 6:11:38 AM PDT by sonofagun (Some think my cynicism grows with age. I like to think of it as wisdom!)
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To: markomalley

You’d think the government would already have rules requiring them to save their essence for the citizenry.


22 posted on 09/24/2014 6:18:16 AM PDT by RichInOC ("Hi, I'm from the federal government and I'm here to..." "Unnngh!")
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To: WayneS

Mid 90s i was called into the office and asked about a number of porn sites found on my computer. I had never heard of them and mentioned we were not allowed to password protect. Turns workers teen son would use my computer in the evening when his mom was working.


23 posted on 09/24/2014 6:29:40 AM PDT by bravo whiskey (we shouldn't fear the government. the government should fear us.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog
I predict Boehner will dig in his heels at maximum one hour per day...
24 posted on 09/24/2014 6:33:20 AM PDT by WayneS (Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.)
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To: markomalley

The bureaucracy is the most dangerous aspect of government. Millions of bureaucrats doing whatever they want with little recourse to accountability. No one objected to Lois Lerner when she knew she had tacit approval from the regime. Bureaucrats should have term limits of 10 years service.


25 posted on 09/24/2014 6:41:44 AM PDT by depressed in 06 (America conceived in liberty, dies in slavery.)
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To: depressed in 06

“Go ‘way... I’m batin!”

-Idiocracy, aka, America 2014


26 posted on 09/24/2014 6:49:59 AM PDT by Ueriah
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To: pieceofthepuzzle
Also, I was wondering why their IT people can't block viewing of porn sites

When I worked for the military several years ago, we'd get a full green screen that screamed

ACCESS DENIED!

If one of my people tried to get to an unauthorized site, the IT guys knew exactly which employee's common access card (CAC) was in the computer at the time. I almost had a guy fired, but he resigned instead.

27 posted on 09/24/2014 6:58:03 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (Guns are like parachutes. If you need one and don't have one, you'll probably never need one again.)
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To: markomalley

I predict a bunch of people who are posting here on their bosses’ time will complain about this.


28 posted on 09/24/2014 7:00:22 AM PDT by gdani (Every day, your Govt surveils you more than the day before)
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To: cableguymn

“If the I.t. guys are not to busy looking for lost emails a few adjustments to the firewall/web filter will put an end to it.”....

You beat me to it, I was thinking the same thing. Guess there are no “firewalls” in the government computer systems.


29 posted on 09/24/2014 7:01:27 AM PDT by DaveA37
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To: hal ogen

My memory is not very clear, but I seem to remember that during the financial meltdown government financial inspectors were found to be spending most of their time surfing porn.
The proposed solution?
Hire more inspectors!


30 posted on 09/24/2014 7:46:48 AM PDT by Zuse (I am disrupted! I am offended! I am insulted! I am outraged!)
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To: manc

At least they should have the decency like the guy up the street from me to wangle their way into SSI so they can watch porn all day.


31 posted on 09/24/2014 7:49:50 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: markomalley

Worked for a private company in Manassas and could not pull up local events on the internet. Apparently the combination of man and ass set off the censors. Why are porn sites, known for their spread of viruses, not blocked on government computers where there is no job related reason to view such a site?


32 posted on 09/24/2014 8:02:48 AM PDT by Boomer One
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I knew someone who was working with a headhunter to fill one of his jobs. They kept emailing him the resume, and he kept saying he never got it. Tried this 7 or 8 times.

Finally they figured out that the resume said the candidate had graduated “Magna Cum Laude”. And the porn filters kept blocking it out!


33 posted on 09/24/2014 8:46:45 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Buckeye McFrog

“Finally they figured out that the resume said the candidate had graduated “Magna Cum Laude”. And the porn filters kept blocking it out!”


Took me a minute———:-)

.


34 posted on 09/24/2014 8:48:28 AM PDT by Mears
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To: markomalley

Would this law cover jerking..I mean working from home.


35 posted on 09/24/2014 9:26:03 AM PDT by o-n-money
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To: markomalley

Odds are good that it’s homosexual porn, so it’s likely legal and may even be a “right” covered within the Obama constitution.


36 posted on 09/24/2014 10:16:46 AM PDT by Gator113 ( Ted Cruz, Sarah Palin and Mike Lee speak for me, most everyone else is just noise.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Thought I was the only person who had neighbors like that

There is a family here who moved two years ago from NY.

He doesn’t work, plays the race card to neighbors and always calling the cops, joins a small church and tells them he is disabled , then takes all their handouts, but then has told other neighbors he wants cash work because he doesn’t want his benefits to go away .
Daughter on the school bus aged 13 is on about having sex all the time up her butt and can hardly walk, she shaves down here for the next guys etc etc.
Windows , blinds are dirty or falling apart on their rental house which was a nice decent house but now gone to crap with them.
He walks about in his y front underpants sometimes outside and the worst of it is that it’s the first house as you come into the neighborhood.

There is more but I am sure you get the picture.

How people can live like that, and lie and steal is beyond me. There is no pride for some people I guess


37 posted on 09/24/2014 10:38:36 AM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: markomalley
They need a law to cover this?

Doesn't workplace sexual harassment and "creating a hostile environment" cover this?

38 posted on 09/24/2014 8:02:27 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Hey Obama: If Islamic State is not Islamic, then why did you give Osama Bin Laden a muslim funeral?)
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