Time For Hatch Act Reminder?

With a very close race expected in this fall's Presidential election, numerous observers are predicting record high turnouts. A pamphlet from the Office of Special Counsel web site entitled Political Activity and the Federal Employee is a good resource for educating employees about the dangers of inappropriate political activity.

We do have one suggestion: While the desire to keep everyone out of trouble is understandable, try to avoid inadvertently giving the impression that any political activity by a federal employee is risky and should be avoided. This is inaccurate, and does a disservice to our employees and our democracy. The OSC pamphlet referenced above does an excellent job of putting allowed and prohibited activities in perspective.