{"id":2403767,"date":"2025-02-18T13:06:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T18:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-sides-with-trump-administration-in-court-battle-with-federal-employees\/"},"modified":"2025-02-18T13:07:26","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T18:07:26","slug":"judge-sides-with-trump-administration-in-court-battle-with-federal-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-sides-with-trump-administration-in-court-battle-with-federal-employees\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge Sides with Trump Administration in Court Battle with Federal Employees"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjudge-sides-with-trump-administration-in-court-battle-with-federal-employees%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2403767&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sidney-powell-is-an-american-legal-giant\/\" title=\"Sidney Powell Is an American Legal Giant\">federal judge<\/a> has ruled in favor of President Donald \u2063Trump, dismissing a lawsuit \u2063from federal \u200demployees who claimed that thier privacy was\u200c violated by the administration&#8217;s use\u2063 of a mass email system to contact all federal \u2062workers. U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss denied their request for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-georgia-update-judge-issues-restraining-order-for-10-days-preventing-defendants-from-destroying-or-erasing-dominion-voting-machines\/\" title=\"BREAKING GEORGIA UPDATE: Judge Issues Restraining Order for 10 Days Preventing Defendants from Destroying or Erasing Dominion Voting Machines\">temporary restraining order<\/a> against the Office \u200bof Personnel\u200c Management (OPM), stating that the plaintiffs did not provide sufficient\u200b evidence that\u2063 their email addresses where at risk of exposure.The email in question was\u200c sent from the OPM to inform employees about a &#8220;distribution and response list&#8221; test, aiming to ensure all government\u200b employees could receive and respond to communications. The lawsuit, spurred by concerns surrounding the lack of a Privacy Impact Statement, was\u200d ultimately deemed to rely on speculation rather than concrete \u2063risk. Additionally, the OPM has been encouraging a streamlined federal workforce by offering a &#8220;deferred resignation&#8221; option, which has seen a significant number of \u2064employees accept as part of the government&#8217;s workforce reduction efforts.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump was handed a legal win on Monday when a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iranian-dissidents-slam-nominee-for-top-defense-post\/\" title=\"Iranian Dissidents Slam Nominee for Top Defense Post\">federal judge ruled<\/a> against <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">federal employees claiming privacy violations<\/a> after the administration sent a mass .<\/p>\n<p>U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss denied a request for a temporary restraining order to prevent the Office of Personnel Management from using the &ldquo;Government-Wide  System&rdquo; to contact all federal employees, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/judge-rules-against-federal-employees-suing-trump-admin-privacy-concerns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit claimed, using the HR@opm.gov  address to contact the federal workforce marked a threat to the security of workers, breaking protocol since the administration failed to issue a Privacy Impact Statement, an argument which Moss rejected.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Plaintiffs have failed to carry their burden of demonstrating that their .gov  addresses (which reveal their names and, possibly, their places of employment) are at imminent risk of exposure outside the United States government &mdash; much less that this risk is a result of OPM&rsquo;s failure to conduct an adequate PIA,&rdquo; Moss wrote, per Fox.<\/p>\n<p>Moss added that the arguments rely &ldquo;on a highly attenuated chain of possibilities.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>The complaint said, federal employees received an  from HR@opm.gov saying that the Office of Personnel Management was testing a &ldquo;distribution and response list.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The goal of these tests is to confirm that an  can be sent and replied to by all government employees,&rdquo; one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-sends-ultimatum-federal-employees-pronouns--signature\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">s<\/a> said, according to the lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>The Office of Personnel Management recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-sends-federal-employees-retirement-offer-will-tough-refuse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sent<\/a> another mass  to most of the federal workforce, offering them a &ldquo;fork in the road&rdquo; by means of a &ldquo;deferred resignation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump officials warned that the new federal workforce would be heavily reformed to emphasize merit and excellence, as well as see changes such a return to five days per week in the office.<\/p>\n<p>They also hinted at future downsizing of various agencies.<\/p>\n<p>Those uncomfortable with that new arrangement could accept &ldquo;deferred resignation,&rdquo; letting them &ldquo;retain all pay and benefits regardless of your daily workload.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>An exemption from &ldquo;all applicable in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-sends-federal-employees-a-retirement-offer-that-will-be-tough-to-refuse\/\" title=\"Trump Sends Federal Employees a Retirement Offer That Will Be Tough to Refuse\">-person work requirements&#038;rdquo<\/a>; would meanwhile last through the end of September.<\/p>\n<p>The  described the program as &ldquo;paid administrative leave.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/elon-finds-oldest-human-since-iron-age-quietly-collecting-social-security-american-taxpayers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elon Musk<\/a>, who leads the Department of Government Efficiency, has along with Trump emphasized the need to downsize the federal workforce.<\/p>\n<p>That mass  prompted the lawsuit considered by Moss, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/daily-labor-report\/federal-workers-lose-bid-to-pause-government-mass--system\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bloomberg Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The outlet noted that some 75,000 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/now-2-percent-federal-government-workforce-taken-trumps-exit-deal-exodus-40000-growing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">workers<\/a>, representing about 3 percent of the total federal workforce, which exceeds 2.4 million civilians, ultimately took the offer.<\/p>\n<p>The size of the federal government, therefore, fell to 2023 levels.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; 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U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss rejected a request for a temporary restraining order that would have stopped the Office of Personnel Management from utilizing the &#8220;Government-Wide System&#8221; to reach out to all federal employees, as reported by Fox News. The lawsuit argued that using the HR@opm.gov email address posed security risks for workers and violated protocol due to the lack of a Privacy Impact Statement, but Moss disagreed. He stated that the plaintiffs did not sufficiently demonstrate that their .gov email addresses were at imminent risk of exposure outside government channels, nor was there evidence linking this risk to OPM&#8217;s failure to conduct an adequate Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA). Moss noted that their arguments relied on an overly speculative chain of events.<\/p>\n<p>The complaint indicated that federal employees received an email from HR@opm.gov regarding testing a &#8220;distribution and response list,&#8221; aimed at ensuring effective communication with all government staff. Recently, OPM also sent another mass email offering employees a &#8220;deferred resignation&#8221; option amid plans for significant reforms in the federal workforce under Trump\u2019s administration, which would prioritize merit and excellence while potentially downsizing various agencies. Employees who opted for this deferred resignation could maintain their pay and benefits regardless of workload until September&#8217;s end while being exempted from in-person work requirements during this period.<\/p>\n<p>This mass communication led to the lawsuit reviewed by Moss; Bloomberg Law reported that approximately 75,000 workers\u2014around 3% of over 2.4 million civilian federal employees\u2014accepted this offer, resulting in reductions within the size of the federal government back to levels seen in 2023<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2403768,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Musk-and-Trump-4.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4106,33740,49424,32869,3634],"class_list":["post-2403767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-administration","tag-court-ruling","tag-federal-employees","tag-legal-battle","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Musk-and-Trump-4.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2403767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2403767"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2403767\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2403771,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2403767\/revisions\/2403771"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2403768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2403767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2403767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2403767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}