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

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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.

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