Federal Agencies Face Legal and Political Challenges Over Shutdown Communications
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The American Federation of Government Employees sued the US Department of Education, alleging it unlawfully inserted partisan blame on Democrats into automated out-of-office emails of furloughed workers during the government shutdown, violating employees' First Amendment rights.
Topics:nation#department-of-education#federal-employees#government-shutdown#lawsuit#partisan-emails#politics
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