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For what it's worth, the corporate world is all over the map on this. Large financial firms police web usage with a vengence for regulatory compliance reasons - e.g. you can't generally access any site that has email capacity. Many other firms don't care as long as you do your work.
I think the key difference is that the 2,800 (gasp) JC employees are paid by the taxes that are taken involuntarily from everyone who lives here and therefore should be able to answer in terms of how they spend their time. By contrast, no one makes you deal with a private company and how their employees spend their time is between them and their employer. Quote:
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Actually what you posted has been in place since 2002 in Jersey City. What is happening now is enforcement of policies, again ....LONG OVER DUE!
Posted on: 2006/9/26 3:26
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The City Of Jersey City is now using WebScene.
http://www.websense.com/global/en/ Many of you who work in the private sector are well aware of this program. It blocks chat rooms, ebay. Sports, game programs, etc. IMO , long overdue and anything that can help increase productivity is a good step in the right direction.
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Are you kidding? I'm surprised they have computers at all! I bet they all use Tandy 1000s or something. . . . .
Posted on: 2006/9/26 2:25
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Once again, we will pay the bill for mis management of city workers.
Posted on: 2006/9/25 23:17
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$20K gone. Poof. Just like that. Morons. Or Perverts, depending on how you look at it (no pun).
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ABOUT TIME.......MAYBE THEY WILL DO SOME WORK AND I CAN GET CAN A CORRECT TAX BILL.
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Now they just have to ban IM and use of cell phones except on personal time. And THEN maybe the phones will get answered.
Posted on: 2006/8/28 17:56
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super-furry is right, just a log on is required and password system for staff. Then supervisors can check individual staff.
If the site isn't work related, then a verbal warning, followed by a written then termination. Very simple process of installing a user name and password. Maybe the JClist administrator can pay them a visit to show them this format! All I'd include is a compulsory password change every 3 months since there are more then 1 user per computer. Its amazing how the rest of the corporate world have these systems checks and balances, yet JC is behind on this. It used to be that local government would lead the way on corporate governance and staff accountability but not here. JC really is 'ass backwards'
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Does looking at a pic of Healy naked on his porch count as a visit to a sex site?
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The city's web infrastructure is fair to poor, and spending the 20k on this progam, at least on the surface, seems like another bad decision.
The city can view the logs and see every site that employees have visited, and take disciplinary action if necessary. Of course if a PC is shared among more than one user - that would be a problem.
Posted on: 2006/8/28 16:35
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The "word" is that the main offending site was www.friendster.com. This is like a match.com site. Apparently, secretaries were not even answering phones because they were too busy/concerned with working on "hooking up." But, at least people were showing up for work (which is "progress" for Jersey City government). -M
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How many city employees were looking at sex sites at City Hall?
Posted on: 2006/8/28 16:22
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Access to sex sites limited for workers
Monday, August 28, 2006 By KEN THORBOURNE JOURNAL STAFF WRITER Jersey City municipal workers will now have to check their MySpace.com profile at home. By the end of this week, the city's 1,050 computer workstations will be outfitted with a program that prevents access to sexual-oriented Web sites, and several other popular Internet spots, such as MySpace.com and eBay, a city spokesman said. "The goal is to maximize the efficiency of the roughly 2,800-person municipal workforce," city spokesman Stan H. Eason said. The program, called "Web Sense," costs roughly $20,000 and is part of an on-going upgrade to the city's computer system, Eason said. The program identifies and automatically blocks sexual-oriented Web sites, Eason said. The city also is specifying other Web sites, including eBay and MySpace.com, to be blocked. Eason wouldn't say if the city had a problem with workers visiting non-work related Web sites. But this program, would "safeguard" against that possibility, he said. Earlier this year, City Hall blocked access to "getnj.com" - a local Internet message board known for anonymous, biting commentary on Hudson County politicians
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