Sally forth F4MF Members!
When you are a member of F4MF you get all sorts of bonus material for your FOIA pleasure!
This one is dedicated to our DOD civilian and contractor brothers and sisters, but I am sure many other federal agencies and departments may find something of value in this little pearl of wisdom forwarded by one of our members.
There are two key things we must accomplish to ensure today's call to action is accomplished with speed and clarity of purpose. I also believe it touches on one of the sore points for many members of F4MF... TESTING.
- If you are working in a DOD facility you must collect the documents related to policies and procedures related testing of the unvaccinated and have those at your fingertips.
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You must also be willing to submit the following complaint related to said testing procedures to your supervisory staff. The complaint is included in this document; however, given the quality of the submission from one of our F4MF members - I am including the verbiage in full below.
The U.S. Government and DoD policies are actively discriminating against unvaccinated members in violation of religious rights, Title VII, the Americans with Disability Act (ADA), and in some cases medical exemptions by requiring only unvaccinated individuals to take EUA COVID-19 screening tests when certain CDC transmission criteria are met for their locality. Given current research also indicates that vaccinated individuals carry viral loads similar or greater than that of the unvaccinated and this research also clearly indicates that the vaccinated may transmit the disease, any testing regime is inherently a policy designed to illegal harass and create a hostile work environment for the unvaccinated.
Current DoD employees who have not been vaccinated only fall into three categories: those with pending religious, medical or administrative exemption requests. Both medical and religious are forms of discrimination. Additionally, any refusal results in disciplinary action to include suspension without pay and termination from government service.
The attached documents from <<list your unit or place of DOD employment>> are examples of how the U.S. government is making every civilian and military member who is unvaccinated take EUA COVID-19 tests without any process for informed consent, and refusal will result in separation, firing, suspension etc. Not only is this illegal from the EUA aspect; it's also discriminatory to everyone based on our medical (vaccinated vs vaccine free) and religious based because those two along with "administrative" exemptions are the only ways that the testing can be waived.
See Section 4.1
Please provide or direct me to any testing resource that <<your unit/place pf work>> has designated that is not/not EUA.
If you cannot provide that documentation, please be aware you are in violation of several federal laws and can be held personally liable for those violations.
For your awareness, I am providing resources necessary to properly supervise and manage testing issues in the DOD.
Q: What steps may an agency take if a federal employee refuses to take a COVID-19 test required pursuant to that program?
A: Refusals to take a required test or to provide the results of the test may result in disciplinary measures. In addition to pursuing any disciplinary action, an agency may separately elect to bar the employee from the agency workplace for the safety of others pending resolution of any disciplinary or other action the agency may pursue. Any decision to bar the employee should occur in consultation with the agency’s onsite security authority, agency’s human resources office, and agency’s legal counsel. In pursuing an adverse action, the agency must also follow normal processes to provide the required notice to the employee.
So, what does this have to do with FOIAs? Excellent question!
The last step involves submitting a FOIA request to the DOD that asks one simple question.
Please provide all documentation related to DOD testing procedures that include the use of FDA-approved testing material, and documentation proving that DOD has ensured that proper informed consent has been provided to those mandated to test for COVID-19.
Please use
this document as a template for the FOIA request. i am fairly certain this document could be used by enterprising non-DOD F4MF members who seek to thwart illegal testing regimes in their own agency or department. Please let us know if you extrapolate the content of these documents to help alleviate the discriminatory suffering of members of your agency and we will try to ensure we get it out to the widest audience possible.
We appreciate everyone's continued support and simply ask that you provide this material to three non-F4MF members to help grow our base of support!
Hold the line works... but I prefer ... make them pay for their moral cowardice.
