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University of Montana: Computer games don’t affect productivity. Governor orders games removed from state computers

April 21, 2008View for printing

Montana state employees will no longer be able to resort to Solitaire during free time in the office, though many University of Montana employees said they don’t find the game to be a distraction.

Gov. Brian Schweitzer recently ordered that all games, like Solitaire and Minesweeper, be removed from state-owned computers in his jurisdiction.

Story by Jeff Osteen Montana Kaimin

Full Story: http://www.montanakaimin.com/index.p ... il_17_2008/

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Montana's Governor Schweitzer wants games removed from computers http://matr.net/article-28681.html

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That’s checkmate for state gamers

Inter Lake editorial

It was reassuring this week to find out the governor agreed with the Inter Lake and many like-minded taxpayers that Montana state employees had no business playing games during work hours.

Gov. Brian Schweitzer wisely ordered all games removed from computers in departments under his jurisdiction, which includes much of the statewide bureaucracy.

Full Opinion: http://www.dailyinterlake.com/articl ... inion01.txt
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