Unofficial Coast Guard Blogger Fired

Over the past year, an increasing number of federal employees have set up blogs -- some officially sanctioned and some not. It's hard to gauge exactly how the blogs (especially the unsanctioned ones) are being received in government's top executive offices, but for one blogger, it may have not been received well.

Michael McGrath, a 26-year veteran of the Coast Guard and until recently employed by a contractor working for the Coast Guard, wrote that he was fired last week. McGrath says he was fired for expressing his views on CGBlog.org, the Unofficial Coast Guard, which he contributes to, that were not received well. In a March 17 post for the Unofficial Coast Guard Blog: