Bit of an odd question.
When I worked for the census (2000), I had to take an oath of some sort. It was simply a technical requirement, as far as I know - all federal workers had to take a specific oath.
I can’t remember exactly what I said. I was an employee of the dept. of commerce (I think), if that’s relevant.
Does anyone know what this oath is?
Well, it’s obvious you took that legally-binding oath of honor real seriously.
Sounds like it might have been the “loyalty oath” (actually it sounds like it would be a written and signed affidavit, not a “raise your right hand and swear on the Holy Qu’ran” kind of thing) referred to in 5 U.S.C. 3333, which forbids you from being a Bolshevik or from going on strike, as enumerated in 5 U.S.C. 7311.
I sort of did. When I forgot what oath I took, I came on here so that I could get the full text. Duh.
Anyone happen to know where I could find the text of this?
This appears to be it.
When I first became a federal employee I had to take the oath by reading it off a sheet with my hand upraised. I distinctly recall an incredible urge to giggle during the whole thing which later struck me as kind of sad really, that it seemed so corny instead of solemn.
That’s the one I took when I started with the FAA a little more than a year ago. I didn’t want to giggle but I did wonder what difference it would make.