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Updated: 8:54 PM Mar 19, 2010
WVU Game Banned for 20,000 Employees
Not all eyes were on West Virginia University Friday afternoon because many state workers had no way to watch.
Posted: 9:21 AM Mar 19, 2010Reporter: Brooks Jarosz; The Associated Press Email Address: brooks.jarosz@wsaz.com |
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UPDATE from 6pm Newscast
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- Not all eyes were on West Virginia University Friday afternoon because many state workers had no way to watch.
While the gold and blue may have been on state employees' minds, the Office of Technology blocked major Web sites that stream the games.
The concern stems from a slow down in Internet speed on the state's computer network.
Nearly 20,000 employees had to listen to the radio or take the day off to catch the hard-hitting action.
"Everyone's here to work, and it's business as usual," Diane Holley-Brown with the Department of Administration said. "Of course, everyone's interested in their favorite teams but, for the most part, everyone's just doing their job like they do everyday."
State employee Jennifer Thaxton said, "State workers get a bad enough reputation for not doing anything so I wouldn't expect that we would be allowed to watch a game on work time."
Other people that work at places like Big Sandy Superstore were able to watch as they worked.
"It's great because I've got 27 TVs I can watch," Kevin Hess said. "The bad part is you have to sell a couple of them, so it takes you away from the game sometimes on the good parts. But all in all, it's not too bad."
Even though some got to see everything, some state employees made the best of it by tuning in on the radio.
"We had lunch brought in and a gentlemen cooked for us and we ate and we've got the radio turned up and we're all set," state employee Sheryl McGinnis said.
The State Office of Technology say they'll restore the blocked sports sites once the tournament is over.
ORIGINAL STORY
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- Many state agencies in West Virginia have blocked employees from watching NCCA basketball tournament games on their work computers.
Office of Technology security chief Jim Richards recommended the move in an e-mail sent last week to the agencies' technology officials. Richards said the state's network slowed down during last year's tournament as workers watched streaming games on their computers.
Department of Administration spokeswoman Diane Holley-Brown says all departments in the executive branch took advantage of the Office of Technology's offer to block access to the games.
The blockage will prevent nearly 20,000 state employees from watching the games on their work computers.
Latest Comments
Anyone that is suprised dont know much about Federal and State government. I have worked for both and they are both money pits. There has to be a better way to run a country.
Everyone in our office was able to watch the game. So was alot of other offices.
atleast they were awake..
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