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U.S. Government Crippled by Sex, Gaming Sites

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the i-would-too-if-i-was-a-civil-servant dept.

BobB writes "The U.S. Department of the Interior's inspector general has released a report that says department employees are wasting their taxpayer-funded work time going to prohibited web sites. Some of these sites relate to sex, computer games, gambling and auctions. The study found that almost $2 billion a year in productivity was being lost to these 'excessive indulgences.'" From the article: "Computer-use logs revealed more than 4,732 entries relating to sexually explicit Web sites and gambling sites. Some computers accessed sex sites for 30 to 60 minutes during the test period. More than 1 million log entries were discovered indicating 7,763 Department computer users spent 2,004-plus hours accessing game and auction sites. Extrapolated over the year, that could account for 100,000 lost work hours. Put another way, this would equal 50 full-time employees doing nothing but surfing online game and auction sites."

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  1. Hmmm by antifoidulus · · Score: 5, Funny

    Put another way, this would equal 50 full-time employees doing nothing but surfing online game and auction sites."
    I just have one question: are they taking applications?

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    1. Re:Hmmm by tobiasly · · Score: 5, Funny
      Put another way, this would equal 50 full-time employees doing nothing but surfing online game and auction sites."
      I just have one question: are they taking applications?

      I dunno, but if there are that many government employees going to auction sites, I'm gonna go try to sell my hammer on eBay for $600...

    2. Re:Hmmm by senatorpjt · · Score: 2, Funny

      Sounds more like they should take out the bathrooms. They're basically paying 50 full time employees to do nothing but sit on a toilet and squeeze out turds all day.

  2. 50 full time employees by Chosen+Reject · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm one of those 50.

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  3. Re:Who's doing it, tho? by Bravoc · · Score: 5, Funny

    Not Me!

    I waste my time at work reading Slashdot

    er... wait a minute....

  4. It's all legitimate, I tell ya! by csoto · · Score: 4, Funny

    Those bondage sites were just research for the CIA's "rendition" program.

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  5. Not me... by hoggoth · · Score: 4, Funny

    Thank God I'm not wasting all of my time surfing web sites.
    (reload)(reload)(reload)(reload)Yay, new article!

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    1. Re:Not me... by Savage-Rabbit · · Score: 2, Funny
      Thank God I'm not wasting all of my time surfing web sites.
      (reload)(reload)(reload)(reload)Yay, new article!

      (reads headline) Oh... interesting... apparently C++ has died... again...
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  6. in further news by dingDaShan · · Score: 3, Funny

    All productivity in the software industry ground to a halt as geeks flocked to shlashdot to check out the story about the decrease in productivity.

  7. Same old, same old... by thewils · · Score: 1, Funny

    As per the old jokes:

    Q. How many people work for the government?
    A. About half of them. ..and..

    Q. What do you get when you put 50 lesbians and 50 gov't workers in the same room?
    A. 100 people who don't do dick.

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  8. Re:Who's doing it, tho? by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 2, Funny

    Are you kidding? Use his home computer for that sort of activity? That would just be stupid!

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  9. Re:Who's doing it, tho? by UbuntuDupe · · Score: 2, Funny

    Seriously, that kind of reminds me of an Archie Bunker routine. Someone told him about how many homicides involve guns*, and he replied with "Would it make ya feel any better, if they was pushed outta windows?"

    So to this story, you could almost reply, "Would it make ya feel any betta, if they was just surfin Slashdot?"

    *Please, please, don't make a pro/anti-gun flamewar branch off of this, I beg you.

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  10. Re:Rational analysis by geekoid · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Any structure that exposes 20% of the budget to risk due to the actions of 1% of the employees is surely inadequate."

    you mean like every corporation?

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  11. New Study Results by Greymoon · · Score: 2, Funny

    In a New Report on Reports it was reported that reports are a waste of time and money. Reportedly the report reporter was unavailable for further reporting.

  12. These employees have other problems... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    "Some computers accessed sex sites for 30 to 60 minutes during the test period."

    Wow. These guys are slow!

  13. Re:Who's doing it, tho? by MS-06FZ · · Score: 1, Funny
    Please, please ... make a pro/anti-gun flamewar branch off of this, I beg you.


    (ehem)

    "I think guns are the best thing in the whole world, 'cause I hate them and they're awful. Because of that, you suck."

    Rebuttals welcome.
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