DC city workers blocked from Washington Examiner's Web site
By: Bill Myers
Examiner Staff Writer
March 20, 2009
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| A computer screen displays the error message that District government employees received when trying to visit the Examiner's web site. |
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D.C. workers trying to log on to The Examiner's Web site for local news Friday morning got a note from the city technology office saying that "Access to this web page has been restricted."
Access to Web sites of rival news organizations, including the Washington Post, was free and clear.
The D.C. technology office is in turmoil with the arrests of three former employees all charged with bribery in a phony invoice/timesheet scandal. The Examiner was the first to report that accused ringleader Yusuf Acar talked about how open corruption was in the technology office.
Told about the restricted site, Fenty spokeswoman Mafara Hobson logged onto her computer to confirm she didn't have access.
"Okay," she said.
Hobson promised to provide an explanation. She did not do so by Friday evening.
bmyers@dcexaminer.com
