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the term “public official” means Member of Congress, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner, either before or after such official has qualified, or an officer or employee or person acting for or on behalf of the United States, or any department, agency or branch of Government thereof, including the District of Columbia, in any official function ...
§ 2635.101 Basic obligation of public service. (a) Public service is a public trust. Each employee has a responsibility to the United States Government and its citizens to place loyalty to the Constitution, laws, and ethical principles above private gain.
(1) the term “public official” means Member of Congress, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner, either before or after such official has qualified, or an officer or employee or person acting for or on behalf of the United States, or any department, agency or branch of Government thereof, including the District of Columbia, in any official ...
“public official” means an officer (including the President and a Member of Congress), a member of the uniformed service, an employee and any other individual, in whom is vested the authority by law, rule, or regulation, or to whom the authority has been delegated, to appoint, employ, promote, or advance individuals, or to recommend ...
(15) Public official The term “public official” means any elected official, appointed official, or employee of— (A) a Federal, State, or local unit of government in the United States other than— (i) a college or university; (ii) a government-sponsored enterprise (as defined in section 622(8) of this title ); (iii) a public utility that ...
An act, document, product, process or anything else sanctioned with legal efficacy through authorization by a public official. A public official is an individual elected or appointed to carry out a subset of the powers of the government.
Public officials are subject to public scrutiny and “[c]riticism of their official conduct does not lose its constitutional protection merely because it is effective criticism and hence diminishes their official reputation.” 6 Footnote 376 U.S. at 272–73.
The public-official rule protects the paramount public interest in a free flow of information to the people concerning public officials, their servants. To this end, anything which might touch on an official’s fitness for office is relevant.
The Court has defined three categories of public property for public forum analysis.33 Footnote E.g., Minn. Voters All. v. Mansky, No. 16-1435, slip op. at 7 (U.S. June 14, 2018). First, there is the traditional public forum—places such as streets and parks that have traditionally been used for public assembly and debate. 34 Footnote Pleasant ...
This case asks the Supreme Court to determine if public officials engaged in state action by blocking individuals from their social media accounts that were established without official governmental authority but were used for job-related communication with the public.