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

From: Declan McCullagh (declanat_private)
Date: Wed May 09 2001 - 15:48:46 PDT

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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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