From the Washington Post:

Five days after sparking protests from lawmakers over his decision to block access to the popular networking site from legislative computers, the head of the assembly’s information technology office said yesterday that he will reopen access to Facebook in the next day or two.

Director of Information Services Mike Gaudiello told the joint advisory committee on legislative data systems that he has put in place tools to scan legislative computers for the viruses and harmful software that prompted the block and that he is now comfortable allowing Facebook. He warned that he might shut down access again if he believed it posed a risk and said a block on MySpace, also instituted last week, would remain in place.

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Nothing unites the left and right quite like being cut off from Facebook as Maryland Politics Watch tells us.  Is this the start of a national trend?  Could this tactic be the key in solving the stimulus issue in Washington?  Get even more from Legum’s New Line.