"Energy, Enviro Agencies Grapple With Cheating Site Fallout"

"Obama administration officials are grappling with how to handle federal employees who have been using Ashley Madison, an online forum for cheating spouses with the motto: 'Life is short. Have an affair.'

Employees at energy and environmental agencies including the Interior Department, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Tennessee Valley Authority are among those who used government email addresses when paying to access the site, according to a review of leaked data by Greenwire.

The Ashley Madison website has been in the headlines recently since hackers divulged names and personal information of millions of users. Leaked data and reports revealing that federal workers accessed the site with their work emails or while on the job have spurred government agencies to investigate and could trigger beefed-up scrutiny from Capitol Hill, where badly behaving workers have become popular targets."

Robin Bravender reports for Greenwire August 25, 2015.