Category Archives: Legal Issues
Hatch Act: Federal employees’ guide to social media and email
U.S. Office of Special Counsel press release The Hatch Act, a federal law passed in 1939, limits certain political activities of federal employees, as well as some state, D.C., and local government employees who work in connection with federally funded programs. The law’s purposes are to ensure…
7th Army JMTC Legal Assistance Offices: What we do
By Spc. Devyn Neta, 7th Army JMTC GRAFENWOEHR, Germany — The 7th Army JMTC Legal Assistance Offices are available to offer a variety of legal services to our Soldiers, their families, and DoD civilians. Both the Tower Barracks Legal Assistance Office and the Rose Barracks Legal Assistance Office…
New portal speeds up workers’ comp claims
GRAFENWOEHR, Germany — A new web-based application now allows appropriated fund federal employees and their employers to electronically file workers’ compensation forms, as well as upload and track documents to the Department of Labor’s Division of Federal Employees’ Compensation. The Employees’ Compensation Operations and Management Portal, or ECOMP, allows…
I’m a Service member at USAG Bavaria. How do I vote?
GRAFENWOEHR, Germany — Voting is your constitutional right, and it’s one of the rights you defend as a member of the U.S. military. You can have a voice in the electing process. If you don’t vote, you don’t have that voice. Voting season is around the corner. What am…
‘Online misconduct’ subject to UCMJ
By C. Todd Lopez, Army News Service WASHINGTON — If Soldiers were still unsure of what bad behavior looks like online, the Army clarified it for them in an “All Army Activities” message — commonly called an ALARACT — that went out force-wide last week. Online misconduct, it says,…