Computer Games Shutdown Called Partial Fix of Time Management; Real Issue Is Whether Employees Are Producing, Experts Say

From: The Washington Post | Date: July 29, 1997| Author: | Copyright information

When the Senate agreed to legislation that would require federal agencies to remove computer games from all government computers, Sen. Lauch Faircloth (R-N.C.) called his proposal a "common sense" remedy aimed at restoring the public's confidence in government.

"It is absolutely ludicrous that the taxpayers are paying people to play computer games," Faircloth told his colleagues. He said he offered his measure, accepted by the Senate July 17 without opposition, because computer games "do nothing but decrease productivity."

But public policy experts suggest that while Faircloth ...

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