仅事实
民主党人要求调查停摆期间带有党派色彩的离开办公室邮件
摘要
民主党议员呼吁调查联邦机构在政府停摆期间使用带有政治色彩的离开办公室邮件，指出可能违反《哈奇法案》。
民主党议员呼吁调查联邦机构在政府停摆期间使用带有政治色彩的离开办公室邮件，指出可能违反《哈奇法案》。
众议院教育与劳工委员会资深民主党议员鲍比·斯科特敦促共和党同僚审查特朗普政府是否通过指示政府雇员使用指责民主党导致停摆的离开办公室回复，违反了伦理规定。斯科特强调，包括卫生与公共服务部和农业部在内的多个联邦机构，使用公开声明将资金中断称为“民主党主导”的停摆。
据报道，管理和预算办公室（OMB）鼓励各部门的联邦雇员创建离开办公室消息，谴责“民主党参议员”导致停摆。部分教育部员工发现他们的自动回复未经同意被更改，加入了带有党派色彩的语言。一名工作人员表达了不满，称“作为职业政府雇员，我们在执行工作时需要保持中立。”
代表约80万联邦工人的美国政府雇员工会（AFGE）已对教育部提起诉讼，指控强制使用带有党派语言的离开办公室消息侵犯了联邦雇员的第一修正案权利。AFGE声明称，“强迫公务员为政治领导层的党派议程发声，公然侵犯了联邦雇员的第一修正案权利。”
对此，教育部副助理秘书兼通讯负责人马迪·比德曼为相关信息辩护，称“该邮件提醒联系教育部员工的人，我们无法回复，因为参议院民主党人拒绝投票通过无附加条件的临时拨款法案以资助政府。”
代表原告的公共教育倡导非营利组织民主前进（Democracy Forward）批评政府的行为。该组织总裁兼首席执行官斯凯·佩里曼表示，“这简直令人愤慨。”
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