# Federal Employees Debate Hatch Act Guidance

The signal describes an unverified discussion of federal workplace guidance on political expression, not a procurement action. Commenters disagree about whether employees may discuss political issues or celebrate an election without crossing into prohibited advocacy for or against a candidate or party. The original poster alleges management threatened to place memos in employees’ personnel files, while another commenter says the guidance was a workplace-conduct memo rather than Hatch Act guidance. No contract, solicitation, funding, or procurement requirement is identified, so the signal does not establish a direct contracting opportunity or change to acquisition requirements.

- Procurement professionals and contractors should not treat the thread as authoritative legal guidance or evidence of a new procurement rule.
- The discussion provides no agency procurement action, contract value, deadline, or vendor opportunity to support a procurement response.

**Jurisdictions:** federal
**Published:** November 04, 2026

### Government Entities
- Department of War

### Key Quotes
> You can talk about issues, but not in a way that violates the advocacy rule.
> — Community commenter

> In our office, we were told they would put a memo in our file if we did.
> — Original poster

### Sources
- [Hatch Act violations](https://www.reddit.com/r/FedEmployees/comments/1xo1dqa/hatch_act_violations) - reddit-fedemployees