Bill to Block Feds' Personal Email, Social Media Access Advances

guest · Jul 18, 2018

Bill to Block Feds' Personal Email, Social Media Access Advances
The bill would authorize agency leaders to block any website for cybersecurity reasons without negotiating with unions.
July 18, 2018
https://www.nextgov.com/policy/2018...al-email-social-media-access-advances/149831/

The bill’s goal is to allow agency leaders to act quickly to counter cyber threats coming from web-based email and social media, both of which are common vectors for phishing attacks, the bill’s sponsor, Rep. Gary Palmer, R-Ala., said.

The American Federation of Government Employees, a major federal employee union, put out a statement opposing the bill Tuesday, saying it “does not increase federal IT security” and “would take collective bargaining rights away from employees when it comes to IT.”

Democrats countered that the bill would grant agency leaders too much power to make arbitrary decisions about which websites employees can visit. The erosion in collective bargaining rights would also make federal jobs less attractive, they said.

The bill would also make it tougher for federal employees’ families to contact them in emergencies or to game plan schedule changes for children’s daycare and after-school activities, Connolly said. Palmer countered that employees could manage those issues on personal cellphones rather than government computers.
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Statement opposing the bill (PDF): https://www.afge.org/globalassets/documents/congressional-testimony/2018/ogr-letter-7-17-18.pdf

mirimir · Jul 18, 2018

So just use personal devices. Doing personal stuff on work devices isn't secure, for anyone involved. You have no privacy. And they might get pwned by something that you access.

What's the problem with that?

EASTER · Jul 18, 2018

Dammit. Just somebody rewrite code. Obviously code everyone is been using for years now is terribly, horribly, and seriously FLAWED.

Else the stupid crap like this is like a broken record that will just go on repeating itself til the end of this stupid digital world.

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