Federal Workers Told To Halt External Communication In First Week Under Trump

Staff have been told to stop talking to Congress and the press.

WASHINGTON ― Multiple federal agencies have told their employees to cease communications with members of Congress and the press, sources have told The Huffington Post.

The freeze has startled aides on the Hill and people at those agencies, who worry that it could abruptly upend current operations and stifle work and discussions that routinely take place between branches of government.

Officials at sub-agencies of the Department of Health and Human Services, for example, have been told not to send “any correspondence to public officials” according to a memo shared with HuffPost. Instead, they have been asked to refer questions to agency leadership until the leadership has had time to meet with incoming White House staff about the new administration’s policies and objectives, according to a congressional official who was also informed of the communications freeze.

An official with the National Institutes of Health told HuffPost after the initial publication of this piece that an email had been sent to the directors of NIH institutes and centers providing guidance from HHS on how to handle new or pending regulation, policy or guidance.

More: Federal Workers Told To Halt External Communication In First Week Under Trump

No wonder federal employees are startled. Private citizens should also be startled.
This is an excellent move.

Trump could kill a million people and fuck their wives, and it'd be an excellent move for some.
Yes it would. It would solidify his stature of a dominate alpha-male and our glorious leader.
 
The new rule has been expanded to the EPA with the addition of prohibiting official updates to individual social media accounts.

Trump bans EPA employees from giving social media updates

Considering the current bureaucracy is mostly Dems and Progs, this makes sense until he cleans house, or at least gets them to be the non-partisan cogs in the government machine they are supposed to be.
only tyrants, with a majority, say that.
 
Staff have been told to stop talking to Congress and the press.

WASHINGTON ― Multiple federal agencies have told their employees to cease communications with members of Congress and the press, sources have told The Huffington Post.

The freeze has startled aides on the Hill and people at those agencies, who worry that it could abruptly upend current operations and stifle work and discussions that routinely take place between branches of government.

Officials at sub-agencies of the Department of Health and Human Services, for example, have been told not to send “any correspondence to public officials” according to a memo shared with HuffPost. Instead, they have been asked to refer questions to agency leadership until the leadership has had time to meet with incoming White House staff about the new administration’s policies and objectives, according to a congressional official who was also informed of the communications freeze.

An official with the National Institutes of Health told HuffPost after the initial publication of this piece that an email had been sent to the directors of NIH institutes and centers providing guidance from HHS on how to handle new or pending regulation, policy or guidance.

More: Federal Workers Told To Halt External Communication In First Week Under Trump

No wonder federal employees are startled. Private citizens should also be startled.
This is an excellent move.

Trump could kill a million people and fuck their wives, and it'd be an excellent move for some.

fallacy-ref-redherring.jpg

No argument then?
 
Private citizens should also be startled.
Why?
We have a First Amendment that specifically applies to the federal government.
The EPA itself is unconstitutional. Try again?
nobody takes the right seriously about economics or the law.
what does the first amendment have to do with this anyways?
have you actually read our First Amendment? there is no appeal to ignorance of the law.
 
Staff have been told to stop talking to Congress and the press.

WASHINGTON ― Multiple federal agencies have told their employees to cease communications with members of Congress and the press, sources have told The Huffington Post.

The freeze has startled aides on the Hill and people at those agencies, who worry that it could abruptly upend current operations and stifle work and discussions that routinely take place between branches of government.

Officials at sub-agencies of the Department of Health and Human Services, for example, have been told not to send “any correspondence to public officials” according to a memo shared with HuffPost. Instead, they have been asked to refer questions to agency leadership until the leadership has had time to meet with incoming White House staff about the new administration’s policies and objectives, according to a congressional official who was also informed of the communications freeze.

An official with the National Institutes of Health told HuffPost after the initial publication of this piece that an email had been sent to the directors of NIH institutes and centers providing guidance from HHS on how to handle new or pending regulation, policy or guidance.

More: Federal Workers Told To Halt External Communication In First Week Under Trump

No wonder federal employees are startled. Private citizens should also be startled.
This is an excellent move.

Trump could kill a million people and fuck their wives, and it'd be an excellent move for some.
Yes it would. It would solidify his stature of a dominate alpha-male and our glorious leader.

Exactly.
 
Private citizens should also be startled.
Why?
We have a First Amendment that specifically applies to the federal government.
The EPA itself is unconstitutional. Try again?
nobody takes the right seriously about economics or the law.
what does the first amendment have to do with this anyways?
have you actually read our First Amendment? there is no appeal to ignorance of the law.
Im asking you to explain how the first amendment applies to this. Is that too much to ask?
 
The new rule has been expanded to the EPA with the addition of prohibiting official updates to individual social media accounts.

Trump bans EPA employees from giving social media updates

Considering the current bureaucracy is mostly Dems and Progs, this makes sense until he cleans house, or at least gets them to be the non-partisan cogs in the government machine they are supposed to be.
only tyrants, with a majority, say that.

No, effective managers say that. Trump cannot be tyrannical to the bureaucracy, as they work for HIM.
 
Staff have been told to stop talking to Congress and the press.

WASHINGTON ― Multiple federal agencies have told their employees to cease communications with members of Congress and the press, sources have told The Huffington Post.

The freeze has startled aides on the Hill and people at those agencies, who worry that it could abruptly upend current operations and stifle work and discussions that routinely take place between branches of government.

Officials at sub-agencies of the Department of Health and Human Services, for example, have been told not to send “any correspondence to public officials” according to a memo shared with HuffPost. Instead, they have been asked to refer questions to agency leadership until the leadership has had time to meet with incoming White House staff about the new administration’s policies and objectives, according to a congressional official who was also informed of the communications freeze.

An official with the National Institutes of Health told HuffPost after the initial publication of this piece that an email had been sent to the directors of NIH institutes and centers providing guidance from HHS on how to handle new or pending regulation, policy or guidance.

More: Federal Workers Told To Halt External Communication In First Week Under Trump

No wonder federal employees are startled. Private citizens should also be startled.
This is an excellent move.

Trump could kill a million people and fuck their wives, and it'd be an excellent move for some.

fallacy-ref-redherring.jpg

No argument then?

No, you made no real statement, just some blathering.
 
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
 
The new rule has been expanded to the EPA with the addition of prohibiting official updates to individual social media accounts.

Trump bans EPA employees from giving social media updates

Considering the current bureaucracy is mostly Dems and Progs, this makes sense until he cleans house, or at least gets them to be the non-partisan cogs in the government machine they are supposed to be.
only tyrants, with a majority, say that.

No, effective managers say that. Trump cannot be tyrannical to the bureaucracy, as they work for HIM.
it is public office, not private office.
 
Private citizens should also be startled.
Why?

You don't see a problem with the president muzzling communications with the public? He must be taking a page from Kim Jong Un.
Nobody has muzzled their communication. Theybhave been told to.stop lying, spreading propaganda, and using.federal rime and.equipment to.do.it.

Public.employees in Oregon receive regular missives telling them they are not allowed to use govt.computers to engage in any politicking..and if they publicly endorse.candidates.or.ideologies on their own time, if theybconnect.it.in any way to their position so there is.any possibility that it could be seen as an endorsement, theybget fired and can be prosecuted.

The feds have hired a whole army of "social media experts" under.obama whose only job is to.spread lies and propaganda. They are going away.
 
The new rule has been expanded to the EPA with the addition of prohibiting official updates to individual social media accounts.

Trump bans EPA employees from giving social media updates

Considering the current bureaucracy is mostly Dems and Progs, this makes sense until he cleans house, or at least gets them to be the non-partisan cogs in the government machine they are supposed to be.
only tyrants, with a majority, say that.

No, effective managers say that. Trump cannot be tyrannical to the bureaucracy, as they work for HIM.
it is public office, not private office.

How does that matter?
 
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
So I guess it was too complicated?
 
If I decided to badmouth my company on facebook, I would be terminated.
No different here.
New boss. New rules.

It goes beyond badmouthing an employer
You are not allowed to speak to the press on behalf of your employer without permission

It is not a free speech violation...it is just good business
 
Staff have been told to stop talking to Congress and the press.

WASHINGTON ― Multiple federal agencies have told their employees to cease communications with members of Congress and the press, sources have told The Huffington Post.

The freeze has startled aides on the Hill and people at those agencies, who worry that it could abruptly upend current operations and stifle work and discussions that routinely take place between branches of government.

Officials at sub-agencies of the Department of Health and Human Services, for example, have been told not to send “any correspondence to public officials” according to a memo shared with HuffPost. Instead, they have been asked to refer questions to agency leadership until the leadership has had time to meet with incoming White House staff about the new administration’s policies and objectives, according to a congressional official who was also informed of the communications freeze.

An official with the National Institutes of Health told HuffPost after the initial publication of this piece that an email had been sent to the directors of NIH institutes and centers providing guidance from HHS on how to handle new or pending regulation, policy or guidance.

More: Federal Workers Told To Halt External Communication In First Week Under Trump

No wonder federal employees are startled. Private citizens should also be startled.
This is an excellent move.
Management 101.....

Take control....
Agreed. Trump is putting his foot down.

Yes, and a few decades ago a little German used similar tactics.
One thing is certain, history does repeat itself and Trump will prove worse than Hitler, because we should know better.
Godwin's! Automatic fail.
 
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Where has this been violated?
 

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