In late October we learned of a “DHS Bureaucrat Watchlist” produced by a non-profit that lists its “Top 10 Targets” of individual civil servants, including large pictures and detailed biographical profiles, based on their perceived political or ideological leanings. Similarly, we have learned of an uptick of doxxing and threatening federal employees at the Justice Department.

FMA is deeply concerned by the outrageous and dangerous publication of these lists labeling federal employees performing their civil service jobs as “targets.” We are in communication with our colleagues at the Senior Executives Association, and others within the Federal-Postal Coalition, to express our concerns with the administration and Congress.

As FMA National President Craig Carter eloquently wrote earlier this week, “for nearly 250 years our country has stood out for its ability to come together for the greater good. We at FMA are hopeful the nation will work to overcome the divisiveness that has plagued our nation in recent years, and we will do our part to maintain a civil service loyal to serving all Americans.” That includes protecting innocent federal employees from malicious personal threats such as the DHS Bureaucrat Watchlist and other similarly alarming and troubling threats.