I took a quick review of the benefits for working at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). I saw the usual benies like medical, pension, tax deferred savings vehicle, two weeks vacation, yada, yada. However, I failed to see this benefit – unlimited porn (hat tip: CaleintheKeys). It appears that many at the SEC weren’t as worried about catching bad guys as they were about watching porn.
“During the past five years, the SEC OIG (Office of Inspector General) substantiated that 33 SEC employees and or contractors violated Commission rules and policies, as well as the government-wide Standards of Ethical Conduct, by viewing pornographic, sexually explicit or sexually suggestive images using government computer resources and official time,” said a summary of the investigation by the inspector general’s office.
More than half of the workers made between $99,000 and $223,000. All the cases took place over the past five years.
The article profiles one attorney who downloaded so much porn that he used up the entire hard drive on his government issued computer that he had to start storing porn on CDs and DVDs that were scattered all over his office.
I really don’t think any additional statement is necessary.