Hatch Advisory Opinions

Date	Title	Format
Advisory Opinions for Federal Employee Activities
11/7/12	Displaying Partisan Items in the Federal Workplace after Election Day
4/4/12	Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Social Media and the Hatch Act
3/30/12	Employees of the American Red Cross are not covered by the Hatch Act
10/6/11	Political Briefings in the Federal Workplace
10/6/11	Mixed Travel by Presidential Appointees with Senate Confirmation (PAS)
7/6/11	Further restricted employee may not volunteer, at the request of a campaign, to house campaign workers
4/5/11	OSC’s Latest Guidance Regarding Pictures of President Obama in the Federal Workplace Now That He Is Officially a Candidate for Reelection
3/14/11	Soliciting Volunteers for a Voter Protection Team
11/8/10	Seeking and Accepting a Judicial Appointment
5/6/10	Temporary Seasonal Employees Under a 1039 Appointment
4/1/10	Assisting a Spouse’s Campaign
3/10/10	Serving on a Redistricting Commission
2/19/10	Employees who have “Without Compensation” appointments with the VA are covered by the Hatch Act
11/18/09	When does a nonpartisan election become partisan for purposes of the Hatch Act?
10/21/09	Members of the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department Reserve Corps Are Not Covered by the Hatch Act
8/21/09	An election in which candidates can cross-file is a partisan election
7/20/09	Federal Employee’s Spouse Hosting Fundraiser in the Home (see page 3 of opinion)
6/17/09	When Does Candidacy Begin for Purposes of the Hatch Act?
3/12/09	Employees of Fanny Mae and Freddy Mac are not covered by the Hatch Act
12/4/08	Employees of DC Charter Schools Are Not Covered by the Hatch Act
10/29/08	Canvassing residents of Government Housing Units
9/18/08	Employees of the National Disaster Medical System, Disaster Mortuary Operation Response Team (DMORT)
7/22/08	DC Board of Zoning Adjustment and Hatch Act coverage
5/2/08	Miscellaneous (e.g., bumper stickers, candidate photographs, social networks, agency news clips, use of official title)
3/18/08	Example of E-mail that Constitutes Prohibited Political Activity
1/25/08	Fundraising for an organization that has a Political Action Committee
12/12/07	Candidacy in a nonpartisan election and fundraising for such candidacy
2/8/07	Federal employee on a temporary work assignment to an elected official’s office is still covered by the Hatch Act
1/29/07	Wearing an official uniform while driving a personal vehicle with a political bumper sticker
1/24/07	Contacting Members of Congress
9/5/06	Employees of Amtrak
2006	Voter Registration Drives
2006	Stafford Act, Disaster Assistance Employees
2006	Running or serving as chair of a partisan organization
2006	Petitions for Ballot Initiatives
2006	Serving as election officials
2006	Americorps Vista Volunteers
2006	Posting Candidates’ Positions on Issues in a Federal Building
4/13/05	Establishing or Holding Office Within a PAC
8/9/04	Candidate Visits to Federal Agencies
5/25/04	Voter Registration Drives in the Workplace(2)
5/3/04	D.C. Employee Serving as an Officer of a Campaign Committee
4/14/04	Voter Registration Drives in the Workplace
3/3/04	Soliciting funds to pay for party membership fees
3/18/03	Wearing Antiwar or Nonpartisan Buttons in the Workplace
6/04/02	Running for Political Party Office
4/30/02	Appointment to Public Office
4/30/02	Candidacy in a Non Partisan Election
1/18/02	Designated Localities and Independent Candidacy Transforms to a Partisan Candidacy
1/16/02	Non-Partisan Election Transformed to Partisan Election
6/27/01	Temporary, Part-Time and Emergency Employees
4/23/01	Write-In Candidacy
2/14/01	Retirement of campaign debt
1/10/01	When does candidacy begin (2)
7/19/00	Irregularly Scheduled Employee Running for Public Office
2/25/00	Reimbursement of de minimis expenses for PAS employees
2/11/00	Serving as an officer for an organization that has a PAC
3/19/99	When does candidacy begin
5/20/98	Candidacy in a partisan election
12/17/97	Nonappropriated fund employees
11/25/97	Displaying political signs in federal housing
10/16/97	Further Restricted employee becoming a member of a partisan political group
7/8/96	Salary allotments