Lexington Herald-Leader | 06/22/2006 | State workers denied access to political blogs: "FRANKFORT - Gov. Ernie Fletcher's administration yesterday blocked state employees' access to many Web logs -- a day after a prominent political 'blogger' was critical of the governor in a New York Times story.
The ban sent the political sector of the cyber world into a tizzy, attracting attention from national blogs, some of which were added throughout the day to the list of Internet sites state workers couldn't access.
Finance and Administration Cabinet spokeswoman Jill Midkiff said that, as part of a continuing Web-monitoring process, the state is restricting employees' access to sites that contain computer viruses as well as those devoted to entertainment, movies, auctions, classified ads, jokes, comics, message boards and, yes, blogs.
The state already banned workers from viewing pornography, shopping, online gambling and gaming sites.
'We want to make sure we are doing what's best for the taxpayers,' she said.
Officials conducted a study two weeks ago to determine commonly visited sites that are unrelated to state government business, Midkiff said, although she wasn't able to provide a copy of that report. . ."
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