Posted on 04/29/2010 10:47:45 AM PDT by opentalk
We look forward to responding to Sen. Grassley in detail," SEC spokesman John Nester said Wednesday.
"As we noted when these reports first became public in February, we take these situations seriously and have pursued, and will continue to pursue, prompt discipline when any employee violates his or her responsibility in this manner," Mr. Nester said.
The Times reported in February on numerous porn-viewing incidents after obtaining more than a dozen case reports through an open-records request.
Still, members of Congress and top SEC officials were alerted about the porn problem more than two years ago.
In March 2008, for instance, the SEC's inspector general's office sent a memo to the commission's chief information officer stating that his office "continues to receive monthly referrals ... of employees who have used their SEC-assigned computers to access Internet pornography."
The inspector general also told Congress about the problem. Porn-related investigations were mentioned in each of the inspector general's semiannual reports to Congress covering activities since April 2007, the records show.
What's more, the inspector general devoted nearly two pages in one 2008 report on the topic of porn-surfing SEC employees and contractors.
Mr. Grassley's letter to the SEC also sought details about one case he said he learned about from an anonymous whistleblower, who reported confidentially on a Los Angeles area supervisor caught trying to access pornography about 1,800 times. The tipster said the supervisor received little but "a slap on the wrist."
The whistleblower, in a letter released by Mr. Grassley's office, said the supervisor received a reprimand, "got a free pass" and "must have felt bulletproof."
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And the new banking regulations will create an entire new agency of porn watchers all at the expense of taxpayers!
Hey, I figure they’re either watching porn, or digging through YOUR bank accounts.
What would you rather have them doing?
I can see this thread going downhill fast...
yeah, not my intent when posting. This is our government! Private corporation employees -you would be toast.
LOL! What did you expect??
As long as a Civil Service employess doesn’t shoot thier boss in the workplace, it’s is ALMOST IMMPOSSIBLE to fire them.
in 2006, TWO, that’s right, exactly TWO Civil Service employees managed to get fired for cause.
Los Angeles area supervisor caught trying to access pornography about 1,800 times.
On Sunday, Sen. Dodd wisely noted that the SEC
needed more computers with faster bandwidth.
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