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"Federal chief information officers received a reminder this week that peer-to-peer file sharing is an activity that, in most cases, should not be tolerated on federal networks.

"A Sept. 8 memo from Karen Evans, administrator for information technology and e-government in the Office of Management and Budget, asked CIOs to monitor and enforce federal policies on employees’ use of P2P technology. The memo cites no recent incidents or statistics on P2P file sharing by federal employees."

Florence Olsen. OMB: Clamp Down on P2P. FCW.com. Sept. 14, 2004.