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The Office of Special Counsel reversed course on two specific changes made in 2024 around non-Senate confirmed officials and displaying political memorabilia.
Because Martin O’Malley left the federal government at the end of the Biden administration, the Office of Special Counsel ...
Based on the new rules, civil servants may be able to display campaign items supporting President Donald Trump and Kamala ...
Commissioner Martin O’Malley violated the Hatch Act during an interview with a local news outlet in North Carolina last year, ...
The local officer or employee whose principal employment is … financed in whole or part by federal money cannot be a ...
A reinterpretation of the Hatch Act announced by the administration lets officials wear campaign paraphernalia like MAGA hats, and removes an independent board’s role in policing violations.
A rumor is circulating online that U.S. President Donald Trump warned former President Barack Obama to stay out of U.S. foreign affairs or he would risk violating the Hatch Act, a federal law that ...
Dan Scavino Jr., the White House's director of of social media, violated the Hatch Act by tweeting about politics while on the clock. SEE ALSO: Trumpniks have no defense for the James Comey mess ...
The office began the probe after a complaint was filed on Oct. 23, 2024, that alleged O’Malley, who at the time served as SSA’s commissioner, was in violation of the Hatch Act for “using his ...