http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0501/050901td.htm 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. ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if it remains intact. To subscribe, visit http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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