Federal Workers’ Emails Politicized Amid Shutdown, Sparking Ethics Row
Federal Workers’ Emails Politicized Amid Shutdown, Sparking Ethics Row As the government shutdown continues into its third day, a troubling pattern of politically charged out-of-office messages has emerged from federal employees’ email accounts, often without their consent. Multiple furloughed workers at the Department of Education report that automatic emails blaming Democrats for the shutdown were sent from their accounts, overriding their own neutral messages. Sources within the department, speaking anonymously due to fear of retribution, described the unauthorized messages as…