I have to blush over these Government employee levels of ridiculousness. As I wrote earlier, Trump is offering buyouts to almost all Federal Government employees:
President Donald Trump’s administration is offering federal workers the chance to take a “deferred resignation,” which would mean they agree now to resign but get paid through September...
A senior administration official told NBC News that they expect 5%-10% of the federal workforce to quit, which, they estimate, could lead to around $100 billion in savings.
All full-time federal employees are eligible, except for members of the military, employees of the U.S. Postal Service, positions related to immigration enforcement and national security and other jobs excluded by agencies.
So, when it was offered, it was done by an e-blast – something that the private sector has been doing for years for all kinds of issues / important events. The email systems being used BELONGED to the company. As part of joining such a company (and yes, I received such emails at many companies), it was just business as usual – enhancing the velocity of information to those who needed to know.
But not THESE knuckleheads. They decided that using such technology is actionable:
Lawsuit Filed To Stop Trump Admin From Emailing Entire Civilian Federal Workforce At Once
Two federal employees complain the all-staff emails violate privacy laws.Two anonymous federal workers filed a lawsuit during the first week of the Trump administration to stop the implementation of a new email distribution system that would send communications to the entire civilian federal workforce.
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has been testing a system allowing Trump administration officials to send emails to 2.3 million federal employees at once, the agency’s website announced. The announcement was posted on January 23, just two days after President Donald Trump was inaugurated.
Bloomberg Law reported that the feature would allow senior members of the Trump administration “to communicate directly with staff across the government, rather than relying on managers to distribute information.”
The Federal Government is YEARS behind such usage of email technology. Not being such an employee, I was surprised that it was just being tested now. And yes, Trump wants it now (bet he’s had it in his companies and is just getting the Feds on board with it) and trialed it now.
After all, if you join a company, you have to give them certain pieces of information (home address, government mandated I-9 information, emergency numbers). At the same time, THEY issue YOU an email address using their domain(s). The companies also own that email address as well as any content you receive or generate using it.
So these retards didn’t realize it when they filed this rather fundamental item when they joined the Feds? This is BEYOND being stupidly retarded. And they’ve put themselves out there for full display. Now, they are claiming three issues (per Perplexity)
- Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs): The E-Government Act of 2002 requires federal agencies to conduct and publish PIAs before implementing systems that collect personal information12. The lawsuit alleges that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) failed to conduct these required assessments before deploying the new email system15.
- Data Protection: The plaintiffs argue that the rapid deployment of the system without proper security measures puts federal employees’ personally identifiable information (PII) at risk37. This concern is particularly significant given OPM’s history, including a major data breach in 2015 that exposed personal records of 22 million current and former federal employees1.
- Privacy Act of 1974: While not explicitly mentioned in the search results, this law typically governs how federal agencies collect, use, and disclose personal information8. The new email system’s collection and retention of federal employee data likely falls under this act’s purview.
Balderdash. Sending YOU an email during a “company-wide” e-blast doesn’t release any personal information. Sure, your name is yours, but you GAVE it to the company when you applied. THEY gave you an email address, and the email system doesn’t reveal personal info either during general usage (unless it ties into the HR system in some manner and both get hacked).
Sheesh – and they are going to have to stand in front of a judge and regurgitate what they allege? I just hope s/he gives them one quick glance and dismisses the case for complete frivolity.
This might be the reason – if one of those anti-Trump managers doesn’t like the message they are supposed to relay to their reports, wouldn’t they want to keep the system as it is now that requires that chain to go unbroken?
So Trump is doing the end-around and eliminating any email malfeasance now, just like he talks to us directly through social media and cutting the MSM out of the process altogether.
To and for our benefit.
