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NASA Employee Suspended For Blogging At Work

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the but-i-wanna-blog-now dept.

BobJacobsen writes "FCW has an article about a NASA employee that was suspended for blogging on government time. Seems the unnamed employee's 'politically partisan' blog entries were a violation of the Hatch Act. The article ends with a chilling quote from the government's Special Counsel in the case: 'Today, modern office technology multiplies the opportunities for employees to abuse their positions and — as in this serious case — to be penalized, even removed from their job, with just a few clicks of a mouse.'" Thing is, he was soliciting campaign donations and writing partisan stuff.

6 of 211 comments (clear)

  1. fair enough by Hatta · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sounds fair to me. Anyone who wastes time at work posting on internet sites should really expe... shit the boss is coming.

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  2. So... by imyy4u3 · · Score: 5, Funny

    how do you blog with "just a few clicks of a mouse?"

    Perhaps the Special Counsel should be fired for "being a total idiot."

  3. He deserved it... by oodaloop · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...as long as he was campaigning for the other guy.

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  4. Well, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, how I feel depends on what political bias the employee had.
    If the employee's views agree with mine, then they are jackbooted fascist thugs for suspending him.
    If I disagree with those views, then the employee has every right to deal with this inappropriate use of paid time.

  5. Obligatory by teslar · · Score: 5, Funny

    As seen on bash.org:
    <Ben174> : If they only realized 90% of the overtime they pay me is only cause i like staying here playing with Kazaa when the bandwidth picks up after hours.
    <ChrisLMB> : If any of my employees did that they'd be fired instantly.
    <Ben174> : Where u work?
    <ChrisLMB> : I'm the CTO at LowerMyBills.com
    *** Ben174 (BenWright@TeraPro33-41.LowerMyBills.com) Quit (Leaving)

  6. Political autoblogging form by DriedClexler · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, folks, it's happening again! The

    ( ) New York Times
    ( ) LA Times
    ( ) Washington Post

    is reporting that the government

    ( ) is censoring scientists with unpleasant news.
    ( ) is going to cut back program _________.
    ( ) has been engaging in warrantless wiretapping.
    ( ) wants to raise taxes.
    ( ) plans to institute new product regulations

    This is just another case of

    ( ) Big Government ramming itself down our throats!
    ( ) the War on Science!
    ( ) how conservatives are killing the safety net!
    ( ) government punishing anyone productive!
    ( ) how the country's becoming a totalitarian dictatorship!

    HT:

    ( ) Digg
    ( ) Slashdot
    ( ) Technorati
    ( ) The other blogger who's a carbon copy of me

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