It wasn’t too long ago that the news was filled with reports about how employees of the SEC were watching porn at work while our stock market sank. By a vote of 239 to 182, the House approved H.R. 4899 that states in SEC. 4601:

“(a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer network unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging of pornography.”

This means that all government computers must have safeguards in place to not allow the employee the ability to surf pornographic websites on government property while at work.This bill is now awaiting approval in the Senate.

Making sure that employees are focusing on the task at hand versus spending their work days on inappropriate sites is being responsible to the consumer, shareholders, and, in this case, taxpayers. And, it creates an opportunity for the business owner to provide help to those with a pornography addiction.