Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 10:56:40 -0400 From: freematt@coil.com (Matthew Gaylor) Subject: Senator accuses IRS employees of sloth, surfing for porn To: freematt@coil.com (Matthew Gaylor)
[Note from Matthew Gaylor: Now we have to figure out a way to get the IRS to use the other half of their time to surf for porn. After all, lets be honest, wouldn't we all be happier if they surfed for porn, chatted with friends, and gambled away their money rather than collect taxes?]
From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com> Subject: FC: Senator accuses IRS employees of sloth, surfing for porn URL: Politech is at http://www.politechbot.com/ Author: Declan McCullagh is at http://www.mccullagh.org/ News-Site: Cluebot is at http://www.cluebot.com/
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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...
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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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