Hatch Act Advisory Opinions

Employees need to know, heed Hatch Act rules

Department of Defense civilian employees must be aware of the law limiting political activities in the federal workplace, during duty hours, or on federal ...

Office of Special Counsel Closes Hatch Act Loophole

Hampton Dellinger, nominated and confirmed by the Senate to lead the Office of Special Counsel (OSC), announced on May 20 that OSC will be ...

Hatch Act Guidance on Social Media - 184th Wing

The Office of Special Counsel's guidance to help federal employees understand what the Hatch Act does and does not allow when using social media.

20011212-osc-advisory-opinion-political-activity.pdf

Hatch Act. The Office of Special Counsel is authorized pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 1212(f) to issue binding opinions under the Act. Specifically, you ask whether ...

OfficeSpecialCounsel on X: "OSC today issued a Hatch Act Advisory ...

OSC today issued a Hatch Act Advisory Opinion to address federal employees' discussions about the conflict between Israel and Hamas.

Comer: OSC Confirms President Can Deliver Acceptance Speech ...

WASHINGTON – House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) issued the statement below on the Office of Special ...

THE HATCH ACT - Social Media Use Refresher

Social media is everywhere in today's world and accessible to most employees, even while at work. So it is important for federal employees to understand how.

RESPONSIBILITY FOR ISSUING REVISED HATCH ACT ...

The Office of Personnel Management, rather than the Office of Special Counsel, has the authority to promulgate regulations delimiting the scope and nature ...

Applicability of the Hatch Act to Municipal Officers and Employees

The Hatch Act is federal legislation that restricts the political activity of certain government employees. The Hatch Act, like many state and local laws that ...

political activity and the state and local employee

The Hatch Act restricts the political activity of individuals principally employed by state, county or municipal executive agencies who work in.

Opinion | Enforcing the Hatch Act, Impartially - The Washington Post

As the head of the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC), the federal agency that enforces the law against partisan political activity in ...

The Hatch Act limits certain political activities of Federal employees ...

With the increased use of social media, the Office of Special. Counsel has provided some additional guidance to help Federal employees understand what is and is ...

Congress Allows Most State and Local Public Employees to Run for ...

With the change, the federal Hatch Act no longer prohibits state and local government employees from running for partisan office unless the ...

Everybody Knows: Amending the Hatch Act to End the Legal Fiction ...

This Article argues that the current Hatch Act creates a legal fiction by which presidential appointees are treated as non-political actors and must go through ...

Public Employee Political Activity | UT County Technical Assistance ...

Under TCA § 7-51-1501, local government employees have the same rights as other citizens of Tennessee to run for public office and to participate in political ...

Resign to Run/Hatch Act - Jackson County Supervisor of Elections

LIST OF RESOURCES FOR POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST, RESIGN TO RUN LAW AND HATCH ACT Below are resources available to candidates and potential candidates ...

Hatch Act - National Treasury Employees Union - NTEU

Under the Hatch Act, there are many ways that federal employees can engage in partisan political activity and only a handful of activities to avoid.

Office of Special Counsel advisory on Black Lives Matter and the ...

Additionally, BLM-related organizations have supported and/or organized demonstrations. In response, numerous federal employees have asked OSC ...

The Hatch Act: Showcasing the absurdity of Congress - The Hill

Attention federal employees: it is against the law to doodle horns or a halo on the official portrait of President Barack Obama if the photo ...

Federal government contractors - FEC

Individuals under contract to the federal government; and; Sole proprietors of businesses with federal contracts. This prohibition does not apply to ...