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[quote=Anonymous]Hey all, my agency is releasing a new policy this week.  The policy makes a bunch of changes to a humanitarian program- some good/helpful, some practical, and some pretty egregious.  The most egregious item is the brain child of our very “connected” political appointee.  However, he seems to have gotten cold feet or something and in the public affairs materials he’s asked us to OMIT any reference to the egregious item (although it will still be a robust part of the new policy). I feel this lacks integrity, and as the career GS who authored the policy at his direction I cannot believe he’s not willing to absorb the bad press it will bring.  I also think it’s idiotic bc eventually people will actually read the policy and realize it’s much more expansive than what our agency has briefed to the press.   I did express my concerns directly to the political appointee.  I said “I’m not from the public affairs division, but can we really omit the most significant portion of this policy from our press release?” The public affairs person agreed with me. Nevertheless in the final version of the materials, this provision was eliminated.   At this point, I should just let this go right? What else can I do?[/quote]

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