Hatch Act - Washington Post Interview With Special Counsel Official

Special Counsel Official Discusses the Hatch Act by Lisa Rein, Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, October 21, 2010

The Office of Special Counsel, an investigative agency primarily responsible for looking out for whistleblowers, also prosecutes the Hatch Act, a law prohibiting federal workers from engaging in certain political activity. With the midterm elections just a few weeks away, the OSC is reminding civil servants to observe the law.

Ana Galindo-Marrone, 46, has been chief of the agency's Hatch Act unit since 2000. She's a graduate of the University of Miami Law School and lives in Arlington County. She discussed her staff's work with The Washington Post.

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"At the end of the day, what you're looking at was

whether the individual engaged in activity

that was directed at the success or failure

of a candidate or party," -- Galindo-Marrone

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