Interior IG: No Sex, No eBay, Please

Gotta love any inspector general report that features bare flesh on the cover and the following title: "Excessive Indulgences." In the report, Interior Department IG Earl Devaney reveals just how shocked and appalled he is about Interior employees' Web-surfing habits:

Computer users at the Department of Interior (DOI or Department) continue to access sexually explicit and gambling websites despite being specifically prohibited from doing so by Federal regulation and department policy. This prohibited activity exposes the department to threats of compromised system integrity, increased risk of legal liability and potential public embarassment.

Devaney's team analyzed Web logs from across the department for a week and found 4,732 entries related to sexually explicit or gambling sites, accounting for an estimated 24 hours worth of Internet usage. Even worse, Devaney said, they found more than 1 million log entries on game and auction sites, adding up to more than 2000 hours of time. Over a year, the IG said, these "veritable shopping and gaming binges" would cost the department more than 100,000 hours of lost productivity.