联邦机构的自动回复信息将政府关门归咎于民主党人
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联邦机构的自动回复信息将政府关门归咎于民主党人

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多家联邦机构更改了员工的自动回复信息,将政府关门归咎于参议院民主党人,引发了对可能违反哈奇法案的担忧。

教育部(DOE)的员工发现他们的自动离开办公室电子邮件回复被未经同意修改,内容将持续的政府关门归咎于参议院民主党人。修改后的信息称,关门是由于参议院民主党人阻挠众议院通过的持续拨款决议。一位不愿透露姓名的教育部员工对未经授权的更改表示担忧,指出部门在未通知或获得员工批准的情况下更改了这些信息。

其他联邦机构也发布了类似指令。劳工部建议员工使用将关门归咎于参议院民主党人的自动回复信息。小企业管理局为被临时解雇的员工提供了一个模板,将资金中断归咎于民主党人。

这些行为引发了对可能违反哈奇法案的担忧,该法案禁止联邦员工参与党派政治活动。法律专家认为,强制或更改员工通讯内容以包含党派语言可能违反该法律。密歇根大学公共政策教授唐·莫伊尼汉表示,要求员工在与公众沟通时使用党派语言是前所未有的,感觉极具强迫性和侵犯性。

教育部尚未对有关这些更改的置评请求作出回应。政府关门始于立法者未能在截止日期前达成资金协议,导致数十万联邦员工被临时解雇。

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Employees at the Department of Education (DOE) discovered that their automatic out-of-office email responses had been modified without their consent to blame Senate Democrats for the ongoing government shutdown.

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The Department of Labor suggested employees use an out-of-office message attributing the shutdown to Senate Democrats.

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The Small Business Administration provided a template for furloughed workers that blamed Democrats for the funding lapse.

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These actions have raised concerns about potential violations of the Hatch Act, which prohibits federal employees from engaging in partisan political activity.

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Don Moynihan, a professor of public policy at the University of Michigan, remarked that requiring employees to use partisan language in their communication with the public is unprecedented and feels incredibly coercive and invasive.

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The Department of Education has not responded to requests for comment regarding these changes.

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The government shutdown began after lawmakers failed to reach a funding agreement before the deadline, leading to the furlough of hundreds of thousands of federal employees.

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