What about people who work on classified programs? Are they supposed to send a description of their work to a non-classified system?
Or people who work in the field and aren't using email regularly? Do the people who clear trails for the National Parks Service check their email every day?
The goal is demoralization of all government workers. It doesn't matter what the employees do as the email and stress it causes is the goal, not the response to the email.
4.2. What opportunities are available for individuals to consent to uses, decline to provide information, or opt out of the project?
The Employee Response Data is explicitly voluntary. The individual federal government employees can opt out simply by not responding to the email.
4.3. Privacy Impact Analysis: Related to Notice
Privacy Risk: There is a risk that individuals will not realize their response is voluntary.
Mitigation: This risk is mitigated by ensuring that any email sent using GWES is clear, by explicitly stating that the response is voluntary, and by including specific instructions for a response.
Again more action for action's sake. From Umberto Eco’s List of the 14 Common Features of Fascism:
Or people who work in the field and aren't using email regularly? Do the people who clear trails for the National Parks Service check their email every day?