Big Brother Monitoring The Bench

The Government watches all of us, one way or another. The Bench is watched by (among others) the Illinois Department of Central Management Services, which seems to have taken quite an interest in The Bench recently. Also watching: the "information systems u.s. house of representatives," with 14 visits since July 26, and a coincidental 14 from the Social Security Administration in the same period. (Should I be nervous about this?) Since July 26, there have been more than 117 visits to The Bench from the ICN server: The Illinois Century Network (ICN) is a telecommunications backbone providing high speed access to data, video, and audio communication in schools and libraries, at colleges and universities, to public libraries and museums, and for local government and state agencies. [http://www.illinois.net/about/default.htm] ICN is part of The Illinois Department of Central Management Services: CMS provides a broad range of programs and services to other State agencies and to the general public ranging from procurement and IT expertise to personnel and benefits to management of many properties around Illinois. [http://www.cms.il.gov/]