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Article: Computer Games Shutdown Called Partial Fix of Time Management; Real Issue Is Whether Employees Are Producing, Experts Say
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- The Washington Post
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- July 29, 1997
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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
pointed, he didn't click on a more important, underlying issue --
how to better manage government ...