Recently the OSC filed a petition for diciplinary action against a D.C. school teacher for D.C. City Council. The Hatch Act does not cover state and local government teachers. There is an exemption for them. There used to be an exemption for DC Teachers. Congress eliminated that exemption in 1993.
Activity generally picks up around election time.
We have filed a fair number of Hatch Act complaints in the past few months. Most of the violations concern individuals who are covered by the Act and who are unlawfully running for partisan political office. We also recently filed and resolved a case involving solicitation of funds. The penalties range from a 30 day suspension to a removal. The Merit Systems Protection Board decides the appropriate penalty based on the seriousness of the offense.