JD Supra

The Unexpected Power of Your Out-of-Office Message

There are many reasons to be away from the office and unable to quickly respond to emails, instant messages, or calls, such ...
CNN

Out-of-office messages blaming Democrats for shutdown sent on behalf of some federal workers without their consent

Multiple furloughed workers from the Department of Education had out-of-office messages blaming Democrats for the government shutdown automatically sent from their email accounts without their consent ...
Wired

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

On Wednesday, the first day of the US government shutdown, employees at the Department of Education (DOE) set their automatic out-of-office email responses to inform recipients that they would be ...
NPR

Judge says Education Dept. partisan out-of-office emails violated First Amendment

A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration violated the First Amendment rights of Education Department employees when it replaced their personalized out-of-office e-mail notifications with ...