Want to use Facebook? Ask the boss

Forget whiling away the working day on Facebook and telling your boss it is for work purposes. At Haymarket you now need to prove you are social networking for work. An internal memo tells staff: "From Tuesday 20 January we will start to grant access to MySpace and Facebook to staff that can demonstrate business need. Group IT have implemented improvements to desktop computer and internet security that meant we can grant access to social networking sites in a controlled way... Access will be granted by approval from a publisher or equivalent business manager. You should send an email to IT ServiceDesk with approval attached. Your request must include a brief business justification and we will contact you no later than the next business day to arrange access." Note, they won't be poking you to let you know.