The New York Times

Partisan Language Inserted Into Education Dept. Workers’ Automated Emails

The out-of-office responses from the accounts of employees on furlough cast blame for the shutdown on Democrats. By Eileen Sullivan and Michael C. Bender Reporting from Washington Some furloughed ...
The Hill

Out-of-office emails at Education Department changed to blame Democrats for shutdown

Education Department employees are discovering their automatic email responses during the government shutdown have been unknowingly changed to blame Democrats for the lapse in funding. The union ...
FedScoop

Furloughed Education Department workers ‘shocked’ after automatic email replies changed to blame shutdown on Democrats

A view of the entrance of Department of Education headquarters on Jan. 29, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images) As employees at the Education Department prepared for a ...
The Hill

OPM guidance strips language saying response to emails is ‘explicitly voluntary’

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) quietly updated a privacy impact assessment on its efforts to email all federal workers, stripping language indicating responses from the staffers were ...