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Mandy's staff on Facebook
Joe Murphy, Political Editor12.01.09
PETER Mandelson's officials are allowed to log onto Facebook at work but Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon's staff are banned.
The different rules show Whitehall has yet to establish proper rules for the internet age.
A survey found that staff in many departments are allowed to save data to computer memory sticks without encrypting it.
The departments of Transport, Children and Families, and Health all failed to insist on encryption, while Lord Mandelson's Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, and Jack Straw's Ministry of Justice, did.
Reader views (4)
Just an idea, maybe controlled use of Facebook is good?
Remember a happy worker is a good worker.
- Liberal Thinker, UK
Money being well spent obviously, by these thieving Labour layabouts.
- Frank, Home Counties, England
Glad to see my tax is being usefully applied to allow a bunch of civil servants to spend time on WasteofSpaceBook.
- Nobby Clark, Perth, Scotland
You would think they had better things to do than mess about with childish nonsense like this. But then again, this is the Labour government we're talking about so maybe not!
- Sarah Bradshaw, Enfield, Middx
