Federal Workers’ Bid to Bar Resignation Emails Fails For Now (2)

The Trump administration defeated for now a request from two unnamed federal employees to stop emailing all civilian staff at once.

The employees aren’t entitled to a temporary restraining order Thursday in their case alleging the US Office of Personnel Management, the federal government’s HR office, violated privacy protections when it set up the government-wide email system, Judge Randolph D. Moss of the US District Court for the District of Columbia ruled.

After the government submitted to the court a Privacy Impact Assessment on Wednesday, the case before Moss changed, he said at a hearing Thursday before denying the motion ...