Several government officials have run afoul of the Hatch Act in recent years for making political comments in their official capacities during media interviews.

It was created to draw a clear line between an employee's partisan political interests and their official responsibilities.

Geoff Kelly from the Investigative Post joined Voices to discuss how OSC founds the Scanlon administration violated the Hatch ...

A federal agency said Tuesday that 13 senior Trump administration officials violated the Hatch Act, a 1939 law that seeks to keep government functions nonpartisan. The Office of Special Counsel, an ...

The Hatch Act is a 1939 law that seeks to keep government functions nonpartisan. It applies to federal employees as well as state and local employees who work with federally funded programs.

The Hatch Act is a 1939 law that seeks to keep government functions nonpartisan. It applies to federal employees as well as state and local employees who work with federally funded programs.

The Hatch Act is a 1939 law that seeks to keep government functions nonpartisan. It applies to federal employees as well as state and local employees who work with federally funded programs.

The Hatch Act is a 1939 law that seeks to keep government functions nonpartisan. It applies to federal employees as well as state and local employees who work with federally funded programs.

The Hatch Act is a 1939 law that seeks to keep government functions nonpartisan. It applies to federal employees as well as state and local employees who work with federally funded programs.

The Hatch Act provision most commonly invoked in discussions of Comey’s letter is 5 U.S.C. § 7323 (a) (1), which prohibits a government employee from “us [ing] his official authority or ...

The Hatch Act, a relatively obscure law governing political engagement by federal employees, has people clucking this week, amid controversy over FBI director James Comey’s letter to lawmakers ...