Federal Agencies Face Lawsuit Over Partisan Shutdown Messaging
TL;DR
The American Federation of Government Employees sued the Trump administration for inserting partisan language into out-of-office emails of furloughed federal workers during the government shutdown, alleging unlawful politicization of the federal workforce.
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- Federal Workers’ Union Sues Administration Over Partisan Email Language The New York Times
- Furloughed federal workers pushed to make partisan out-of-office replies: Sources ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
- Education Department employees' emails changed automatically to blame Democrats for shutdown NBC News
- AP reader question: Have agencies violated the Hatch Act by using Democrat-blaming language online? AP News
- Government agencies are blaming the shutdown on Democrats. Ethics experts say it could be against the law. Politico
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