[Popman]

It's standard to prohibit gov't employees from conducting politics on the job.<

...and many private companies to boot also.

I think this "Alert" falls into the category of "much ado about nothing"

Nowhere does it state you can't do any of these activities as a private citizen

If it did that, that would be a serious problem

[Cboldt]

Nowhere does it state you can't do any of these activities as a private citizen

That's correct. If you give up your job as a toll booth attendant, you can make public political expressions. But you have to give up your classified state job in order to become that private citizen.