The first step would be to look at mandatory controls, such as FDCC, with clearcut bans. For a given site, are any local privileges required? ActiveX controls? Is it considered "peer-to-peer", such as skype? Secondly, whether the site can be managed (such as restricting facebook access to only work-related groups), or monitored might be a factor. My office is currently only affected by the rigid controls in the first group, but our group is small, and busy, enough that someone wasting too much time would be in trouble.

Posted by barbwire on April 18, 2008 - 11:56 AM

I probably shouldn't say this because I'll risk losing access, but I just found out recently that Facebook is not blocked at my agency. I hadn't even tried opening facebook for the longest time (learned helplessness). I haven't used facebook at work yet- I'm too busy. But I could see me having a need to use facebook at work if the network of procurement professionals keeps growing on our facebook group (Government 1102s/Contracting/Procurement Professionals). What better place to get a community answer to a tough question. I love barbwire's final statement. Shouldn't that be the focus? Who cares if I'm on facebook, as long as I'm getting my work done.

Posted by jswhetsell on April 24, 2008 - 09:38 PM

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