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Feds Now Allowed To Use Internet

Posted by samzenpus on from the welcome-to-the-web dept.

fast66 writes "Nextgov reports that a new court order allows the Department of the Interior to connect to the Internet, six years after the federal agency was ordered to disconnect. District Judge James Robertson wrote in his ruling, 'I find that the consent order is of no further use and must be vacated.' 'The ... disconnected offices and bureaus may be connected.' He added that his ruling was based not on evidence but 'on a legal conclusion that it is not my role to weigh IT security risks.'"

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  1. The decision title by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The decision was entitled, "The internet: Serious Business."

  2. Tomorrow's news: by symbolset · · Score: 5, Funny

    Interior department compromised by botnet.

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    1. Re:Tomorrow's news: by tverbeek · · Score: 2, Funny

      Hasn't this judge seen the pilot for the current Battlestar Galactica series? This is madness!

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    2. Re:Tomorrow's news: by Uncle+Focker · · Score: 5, Funny

      This is madness! No, THIS IS SPARTA!
    3. Re:Tomorrow's news: by Digestromath · · Score: 3, Funny

      This is madness! No, THIS IS SPARTA! Mick Dundee: "Thats not a Sparta, THIS IS A SPARTA."
  3. Re:and this is important... WHY? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Have you played the Lemmiwinks game?

    Would you be willing to deny that experience to any government employee?

  4. You've got to be kidding me! by Synthaxx · · Score: 5, Funny

    You mean they've not been watching us all this time?!
    Think of all the [Redacted] i could have [Redacted]!
    Or all the [Redacted] i could have sold!
    Now they tell us this.
    I hope they [Redacted]

    Edit: FBI_Smith(Admin), reason: "Nothing to see here, move along"

  5. Yes, I got it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    First Post!

    (at least from the Department of the Interior)

  6. Feds Now Allowed to Use Internet??? by HateBreeder · · Score: 2, Funny

    What? They suddenly just brightened up?

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  7. Poor computers. by Hankapobe · · Score: 2, Funny
    âoeFor six years, these employees (for two years, I was among them) have sat in front of lonely computers, .....

    There wasn't an adding machine to talk to? What about the phones? Were the phones to snobby to talk to them?

    But, maybe it was the computers fault. IT does has a reputation of not having social skills. Maybe the computers just annoyed the others.

    I'll send my business card to the BIA offering to teach their computers social skills and maybe some assertive training to say "NO" to unauthorized access.

  8. The real reason why. by neokushan · · Score: 3, Funny

    They're allowed to connect now because Vista has been installed on all of their systems, so security is no longer an issue.

    NOTE: I kid, I kid! (Because someone will think this is flamebait).

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  9. Re:No internet connectivity since 2001? by Suhas · · Score: 4, Funny

    15 seconds? Ridiculous. What were you running on, Pentium 75Mhz?

  10. Whoo-hoo!! by PPH · · Score: 3, Funny

    We're back on the 'net!

    Hey! Where did all the gopher servers go?

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  11. Transparency. by briester · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm sure that its important that only the DoI know how much has been paid in reparations~