Employees at the National Science Foundation aren't just looking at spreadsheets. In at least six cases, employees have viewed pornography on work computers, and in one case, an employee participated in extensive online pornographic chats, according to a report from Politico, based on a semi-annual report from the NSF inspector general, dating to September 2008.
The report documents multiple instances of pornographic images and videos being saved on network drives. One employee reported hearing sexually explicit sounds coming from another employee's computer speakers. The employee who participated in the explicit online chats acknowledged charging $40,000 to his own credit card, over two years, to pay for his habits. Inspectors estimated that over that time, he spent 20% of his work hours involved with pornography -- worth more than $58,000 in his taxpayer-supported salary. Inspectors called for installing Internet filtering and changes to "IT training".
The report documents multiple instances of pornographic images and videos being saved on network drives. One employee reported hearing sexually explicit sounds coming from another employee's computer speakers. The employee who participated in the explicit online chats acknowledged charging $40,000 to his own credit card, over two years, to pay for his habits. Inspectors estimated that over that time, he spent 20% of his work hours involved with pornography -- worth more than $58,000 in his taxpayer-supported salary. Inspectors called for installing Internet filtering and changes to "IT training".
