Hatch Advisory Opinions

Date	Title	Format
Advisory Opinions for Federal Employee Activities
8/10/10	Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Social Media and the Hatch Act
4/29/10	When does a nonpartisan election become partisan for purposes of the Hatch Act?
10/21/09	Federal Employee’s Spouse Hosting Fundraiser in the Home (see page 3 of opinion)
10/21/09	Employees of DC Charter Schools Are Not Covered by the Hatch Act
10/21/09	When Does Candidacy Begin 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
3/12/09	Employees of Fanny Mae and Freddy Mac are not covered by the Hatch Act
12/12/08	Supplemental Advisory Opinion about Wearing or Displaying Presidential Campaign Items after the Election
11/5/08	Wearing or Displaying Presidential Candidate items after the Election
11/3/08	Example of E-mail that Constitutes Prohibited Political Activity
10/31/08	Miscellaneous (e.g., bumper stickers, candidate photographs, social networks, agency news clips, use of official title)
10/30/08	Employees of the National Disaster Medical System, Disaster Mortuary Operation Response Team (DMORT)
10/30/08	Fundraising for an organization that has a Political Action Committee
10/30/08	Canvassing residents of Government Housing Units
10/30/08	Candidacy in a nonpartisan election and fundraising for such candidacy
10/30/08	DC Board of Zoning Adjustment and Hatch Act coverage
2007	Federal employee on a temporary work assignment to an elected official’s office is still covered by the Hatch Act
2007	Wearing an official uniform while driving a personal vehicle with a political bumper sticker
2007	Soliciting funds to pay for party membership fees
2007	Employees of Amtrak
2007	Contacting Members of Congress
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
2006	Establishing or Holding Office Within a PAC
8/9/04	Candidate Visits to Federal Agencies
5/3/04	D.C. Employee Serving as an Officer of a Campaign Committee
4/30/04	Federal Reserve Bank Board of Directors Not Covered
5/25/04	Voter Registration Drives in the Workplace(2)
4/14/04	Voter Registration Drives in the Workplace
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
12/30/98	Elected official accepting federal employment
5/20/98	Candidacy in a partisan election
3/2/98	Working for a partisan campaign
12/17/97	Nonappropriated fund employees
11/25/97	Candidacy for regularly scheduled employees
11/25/97	Displaying political signs in federal housing
11/18/97	Serving as a treasurer of a campaign
10/16/97	Restricted employee becoming a member of a partisan political group
3/28/97	Receipt of political material at work
7/8/96	Salary allotments
5/8/96	Taking a leave of absence to work on a campaign
3/20/96	Restricted employee working on a campaign
2/13/96	Testing the waters
2/9/96	Serving as a delegate to a party convention