Furloughed federal workers pushed to make partisan out-of-office replies
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) encouraged federal employees across the government -- including at the Departments of Labor, Justice and Education -- to create out-of-office email messages denouncing "Democrat Senators" for causing the government shutdown, multiple sources confirmed to ABC News.
In addition to the public statements on federal websites blaming the "radical left" for the shutdown, out-of-office automatic replies from the Department of Labor said the following:
"Unfortunately, Democrat Senators are blocking passage of H.R. 5371 in the Senate which has led to a lapse in appropriations. Due to the lapse in appropriations I am currently in furlough status. I will respond to emails once government functions resume," the text of an email template provided to furloughed Department of Labor employees said.
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However, multiple furloughed employees at the Department of Education report their out-of-office replies were automatically reset to mimic the language above – without their permission.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/furloughed-federal-workers-pushed-partisan-091237964.html