Bureaucrat does his part for women's rights.

[Black Bart]

(Washington Times article -- 9-29-09)

The inspector general of the National Science Foundation revealed that on-the-job viewing of pornography Web sites was so widespread at the agency that the resultant ethics investigations hindered his primary mission of investigating fraud on grant contracts. The agency report, obtained by the Washington Times in September, said the heaviest user was a senior executive who logged on to pornography at least 331 days in 2008. He subsequently retired, but before leaving defended his habit, claiming that his Web site visits actually helped impoverished women in Third World countries to earn a decent living (by posing for pornography).

[jimmcg]

(Washington Times article -- 9-29-09)

The inspector general of the National Science Foundation revealed that on-the-job viewing of pornography Web sites was so widespread at the agency that the resultant ethics investigations hindered his primary mission of investigating fraud on grant contracts. The agency report, obtained by the Washington Times in September, said the heaviest user was a senior executive who logged on to pornography at least 331 days in 2008. He subsequently retired, but before leaving defended his habit, claiming that his Web site visits actually helped impoverished women in Third World countries to earn a decent living (by posing for pornography).

As a taxpayer kinda gives you a warm feeling deep down somewhere.

[Zee]

BB-

Unbelievable, isn't it? Can you provide a link to the full article?

[RLymanC]

One of the links to the story

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0109/18070.html

[erchess]

Private Sector

Do private firms have problems with behavior that is generally viewed by the wider society as immoral, may be illegal, and certainly is unrelated to the work of the firm becoming widespread within the firm? I don't currently have anyone working for me but if someone who did work for me did something which I viewed as immoral even once while on the clock for me or habitually did on the clock anything that I felt was generally frowned on in the US or habitually spent even ten percent of work time on things that did not promote my company I would let the individual go.

[Zee]

(Washington Times article -- 9-29-09)

The inspector general of the National Science Foundation revealed that on-the-job viewing of pornography Web sites was so widespread at the agency that the resultant ethics investigations hindered his primary mission of investigating fraud on grant contracts. The agency report, obtained by the Washington Times in September, said the heaviest user was a senior executive who logged on to pornography at least 331 days in 2008. He subsequently retired, but before leaving defended his habit, claiming that his Web site visits actually helped impoverished women in Third World countries to earn a decent living (by posing for pornography).

BB-

Unless missed it (it's 6:00am), I don't see the 331 day part and defense of his habit in the article. It does say 20% of the Senior Officials time over two years. Did you read a longer article?

[Black Bart]

Originally

BB-

Unless missed it (it's 6:00am), I don't see the 331 day part and defense of his habit in the article. It does say 20% of the Senior Officials time over two years. Did you read a longer article?

saw it on Fox. There's a Google link to it (type Washington Times NSF) which pops it up as EXCLUSIVE somethin' or another (along with half a dozen other versions) and the link takes you to the Times page, but the story's been removed from their site.

Interestingly, I clicked a different link to a left-leaning website that downplayed it, basically saying "So what? It's a big problem in private companies too." Hmmm, I guess it is, but somehow it seems worse when done on the public clock.

P.S. Oh well, I'm gonna write about sump'n else -- it's just too close to Christmas to think about such.

[JohnH]

Ross Perot had it right. I didn't vote for him when he ran for president, but I've always remembered a statement he often made, both on the campaign trail and to his employees:

"If you wife can't trust you, why should I?"