News

Blogs Blocked In BlueGrass State

July 12, 2006 /

MATR Sponsor (view all)

Bear Paw Development Corporation is a private non-profit organization created for the purpose of administering programs to help improve regional economic conditions in Hill, Blaine, Liberty, Chouteau and Phillips Counties and the Fort Belknap and Rocky Boy's Indian Reservations.

A blog ban has been kicking up dust in the bluegrass state, where government employees are cut off from Internet content, including some that has criticized their governor.

The home of the derby and Mint Julips is now the center of a national debate over what Internet content employees should be able to access. In Kentucky, however, the argument has taken on political tones.

Government officials have maintained that they have blocked content to improve productivity, but critics contend that free speech rights are threatened. They claim the state is discriminating against some forms of leisure Web surfing and not others and should not be able to do so because it is a public entity, not a private employer.

By K.C. Jones
TechWeb.com

Full Story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20060707/tc_cmp/190300844