Federal Employees’ Out-of-Office Emails Covertly Altered to Blame Democrats Amid Government Shutdown
Federal Employees’ Out-of-Office Emails Covertly Altered to Blame Democrats Amid Government Shutdown As the government shutdown, which commenced on October 1, persists, a contentious issue has emerged concerning federal employees’ email communications. Multiple furloughed workers at the Department of Education have reported that their out-of-office messages were automatically modified without their consent or prior knowledge. These altered messages explicitly attribute blame to “Democrat Senators” for the ongoing funding lapse. Sources within the department, who requested anonymity due to fears of…