This seems rather harsh.
With the hardcore boredom that federal employees face on a daily basis, shouldn’t they at least have occasional access to porn?
According to Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.), that would be a big, hot no.
On Wednesday the antithesis of ex-Rep. Anthony Weiner (R-N.Y.) introduced the “Eliminating Pornography from Agencies Act,” which prohibits federal employees from accessing pornographic or explicit material on government computers and devices.
His release cites a fun fact — that the Inspector General revealed last year that one EPA employee was viewing as much as six hours of porn a day on his government computer. (Of course, some might say this amount of porn is a real cry for help, but to each his own.) That same employee downloaded 7,000 pornographic files to his government computer.
Yoo hoo! Fun times at the office!
“It’s appalling that it requires an act of Congress to ensure that federal agencies block access to these sites,” Meadows said in statement. “While there are rules in place at most agencies to ban this kind of unprofessional and potentially hostile workplace behavior, it continues to take place. There is absolutely no excuse for federal employees to be viewing and downloading pornographic materials on the taxpayers’ dime.”
Meadows went on. “Further, downloading these files, which are often ridden with virus and malware, poses a cybersecurity threat at our federal agencies. This commonsense legislation ensures that federal workers have a comfortable, safe work environment and protects taxpayer resources from being misused.”
So download while you can, dirty federal employees.
Because soon you may have to clean up your act (at least at the office).