NC congressman trying to ban federal employees from viewing porn on the job

WASHINGTON — There was the computer specialist found to have adult pictures and movies on his General Services Administration laptop last year.

An Environmental Protection Agency contractor lost his job after spending an hour or two each day surfing for pornography on the job for 18 years.

He said he was addicted to smut.

And in 2010, auditors discovered 33 employees at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission were viewing porn or other sexually suggestive material on government computers during the financial crisis.

A North Carolina congressman is trying again to officially ban government employees and contractors from viewing pornographic images and videos on the job.

Rep. Mark Meadows filed legislation Tuesday that would "prohibit accessing pornographic web sites from Federal computers, and for other purposes."

Meadows serves on the Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

Agencies already prohibit viewing explicit material on the job, but violations continue to occur, Meadows has said, and employees aren't always immediately fired.

“It’s appalling that it requires an act of Congress to ensure that federal agencies block access to these sites,” Meadows said when he introduced similar legislation in 2015.

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