Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Technology Stocks : COMS & the Ghost of USRX w/ other STUFF -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Moonray who wrote (18786)	5/11/1999 4:58:00 PM
From: Feathered Propeller	Respond to of 22053

The beat goes on... Oops. That was the wrong e-mail address list. A dirty joke goes global at FCC By Leslie J. Nicholson INQUIRER STAFF WRITER Imagine that someone e-mails you a dirty joke. A really dirty joke. One that has been making the rounds for a month. It comes in on your office account, but you decide to pass it along to a group of friends on a personal address list. Only, you work in public relations for the Federal Communications Commission. And part of your job is to send out, by e-mail, a daily report on actions taken by the government agency. You know, the one in charge of keeping the airwaves decent. You click the wrong button. That's exactly what happened yesterday, and 6,000 people, including journalists and government officials, were forwarded a copy of a raunchy joke titled "Nuns in heaven" rather than the FCC's Daily Digest, a comparatively bland summary of news, speeches, commission orders, public notices, etc. The embarrassed agency issued another e-mail, offering "profuse apologies" for the mistake and calling the joke highly offensive. It promised to take disciplinary action. Stacey Mesa, the public affairs specialist listed as the sender of the joke, apologized in a separate e-mail. Joy Howell, director of the Office of Public Affairs, said a decision would be made next week about what action would be taken. In addition, Howell said, FCC Chairman William E. Kennard will issue a "sternly worded" e-mail to employees on Monday reminding them of the agency's policy against using computers for personal e-mail.