USA - No. 5: State workers often edit Wikipedia
No. 5: State workers often edit Wikipedia
WikiScanner, which tracks use of the semi-public Web encyclopedia Wikipedia, showed that state workers' computers in the Olympia area were used to make 531 changes to the site.
Some of the changes were controversial: A Department of Health worker apparently deleted an entry stating that high doses of fluoride can be fatal, and someone in the Legislative Services Center deleted information about a sexual-harassment lawsuit against state Sen. Chris Marr. Someone else later restored that information.
State workers can be fined or fired for using government computers to do personal business, but the state Executive Ethics Board's leader said cases have shown minor Web surfing on the job is OK.
WikiScanner, which tracks use of the semi-public Web encyclopedia Wikipedia, showed that state workers' computers in the Olympia area were used to make 531 changes to the site.
Some of the changes were controversial: A Department of Health worker apparently deleted an entry stating that high doses of fluoride can be fatal, and someone in the Legislative Services Center deleted information about a sexual-harassment lawsuit against state Sen. Chris Marr. Someone else later restored that information.
State workers can be fined or fired for using government computers to do personal business, but the state Executive Ethics Board's leader said cases have shown minor Web surfing on the job is OK.
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