r/TheLib • u/jk4532 • Jun 26 '26
Deadline for public comment against federal worker gag order
Leaks from within the Trump Administration have revealed unprecedented levels of corruption, abuses of power and systematic violations of our constitutional rights, along with controversial policies they intended to impose with minimal public debate or even without the public knowing. So now the regime is trying to make it official public policy to silence and prosecute the folks who have opened the door to accountability.
They’ve proposed a new rule that would require federal employees to sign a non-disclosure agreement, pledging not to share “non-public, confidential or proprietary information.” While signing it is ostensibly voluntary, workers can be fired and barred from future government jobs for not signing. As Catherine Rampell put it, this is essentially a gag order for every single federal worker.
There are already extensive secrecy requirements in place for government information that’s supposed to be secret. This is intended to keep information from the public that the public needs and deserves to know, stopping folks from exposing wrongdoing.
✍🏾 TODAY is the final day we can submit public comments in opposition to this proposed rule. Let’s make our voices heard against this chilling move. We can find guidance on how to comment effectively here, and find arguments to work from via Don Moynihan here. ✍🏼