The Hatch Act: What is it? And how does it impact feds? – By Jessie Bur (Federal Times) / Aug 28 2020
Federal employees work in a unique cross section of political influence and public service, and the Hatch Act, which was signed into law in 1939, is designed to ensure that the work of career civil servants is not impacted by political motivations. Hatch Act violations can come with serious repercussions.
The only members of the executive branch that are wholly exempt from the Hatch Act are the president and vice president, though some feds have greater or fewer restrictions depending on their position.
The easiest baseline for avoiding Hatch Act violations is to avoid any political activity while on the job, at the office or representing oneself as an official federal employee.
All feds are permitted to register, vote and donate to campaigns as they see fit as part of their constitutional rights.
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