Porn Surfing

The news is full of stories about government employees spending time on their computers surfing for porn. For me, the impression I get is that they do not have enough to do, or their time is not being sufficiently supervised. Are those jobs overly staffed? When was the last time a comprehensive study of work load was done? In a well run private business this behavior is discovered and steps are taken to guarantee every person has a full job. There was one time when I had a person that always telling jokes, he was good at it and had diverse material. One day I asked him how he was able to come up with so much new stuff. He told me he got it from his computer. We had a rule that the computers were only for company business. I reminded him about this rule and his response was that he felt it was company business since he was keeping up employee morale. I reminded him that keeping up employee morale was not in his job description and this would all be a part of his annual performance review. He did get a good performance review but the unauthorized use of the computer kept him from getting the full available pay increase. He left for greener pastures in a few months.