When some city of Pittsburgh employees tried to check the Internet Tuesday, they got an unusual message.
Up popped a note saying the site where they were headed was "filtered." If they wanted to proceed, they had to click on a button that said "Use Quota Time." They'd then get 10 minutes to browse -- one of three such sessions they'd get that day.
Eventually, the city hopes to restrict Internet use for nearly all of its 1,300 employees with Web access, said Howard Stern, (YES THAT"S HIS NAME) the city's chief information officer. "This is part of professionalizing city government," he said, adding that the city could shave its $1,500-a-month Internet service bill and keep employees from surfing the day away.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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