Ed. Dept. Out-of-Office Emails Changed to Blame Democrats for Shutdown, Staff Say

Government Workers Say Their Out-of-Office Replies Were Forcibly Changed to Blame Democrats for Shutdown

Some employees at the Department of Education changed their responses back to the more neutral language, only to have it changed yet again to the partisan response, multiple sources tell WIRED.

Ed. Dept. Out-of-Office Emails Changed to Blame Democrats for Shutdown, Staff Say

Staffers say they were instructed to use nonpartisan messages, then they were changed.

Education Department employees surprised to find their email automatically changed to blame Democrats for shutdown

Department of Education employees furloughed this week discovered their email accounts had been manipulated while they were out of office to include partisan talking points that blamed a government shutdown on Democrats.

'This is illegal': Legal expert calls out move by Dept. of Education over shutdown email

Department of Education staff who are out of the office due to the federal shutdown weren't merely told to make their "out-of-office" auto-reply attack Democrats for the shutdown. Now it appears some staff had the message automatically imposed on them. "This is illegal," one legal analyst explained....