Judges’ rules for federal employees suing Trump administrators for privacy concerns

A federal judge ruled against federal employees who sued the Trump administration on privacy and security concerns regarding the government’s workforce email delivery system.

The new computer server will be used to send postponed resignation “Fork in the Road” emails to more than 2 million federal employees, quitting government jobs and being paid or fired until September I offered that there was a risk.

DC-based federal judge Randolph Moss has announced that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) will continue to use the email address hr@opm.gov and will be subject to a temporary restraining order (TRO) called “Government-” The request has been denied. Wide mail system. ”

In a hurry to adopt the new system, the lawsuit allegedly violated a federal worker security measure known as the Privacy Impact Statement (PIA).

However, by refusing urgent legal relief, the judge stated, “The plaintiffs are the impending risk of exposure outside the unified .gov email addresses (their names and possibly their employment locations) They failed to carry the burden of showing that there is a state government – this risk is the result of the OPM failing to implement an appropriate PIA.

Shortly after Trump took office, federal employees received an email from their email address hr@opm.gov, according to the lawsuit.

“The goal of these tests is to ensure that all government officials can send and reply to emails,” one of the emails said, according to the lawsuit. Workers were asked to accept the message.

The lawsuit will continue in court merit, but for now the new communications system will continue as any appeal is pending.

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