‘It’s the shadow OPM’: How DOGE is using a once-obscure federal agency as ground zero for its plans to shrink government
The once-obscure Office of Personnel Management, essentially the human resources department of the federal government, is now ...
OPM guidance strips language saying response to emails is ‘explicitly voluntary’
Now gone is language indicating employees have no obligation to respond to the weekly accomplishment emails, while leaving ...
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House Democrats ask OPM to reinstate probationary workers
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Democrats want documents pertaining to the DOGE-led reductions-in-force, per ...
OPM says it can now process pensions digitally, as DOGE targets bizarre federal document mine
The Office of Personnel Management said it can process pensions entirely digitally, in two days, in a video promoted by Elon ...
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OPM quietly swapped out privacy assessment for governmentwide email system central to ongoing litigation
Without any notice, OPM replaced a key privacy document for the agency's mass email system that's central to ongoing litigation in federal court.
Some remote federal employees get ultimatum from OPM: Move to Washington
The Office of Personnel Management email Wednesday to remote workers, some thousands of miles from Washington, told them they ...
OPM's second email to federal employees asks what they did last week — and adds a new requirement: report
The Trump administration sent federal workers another email asking about their accomplishments as Elon Musk works to uncover federal waste with the Department of Government Efficiency.
Democratic lawmaker demands Musk, OPM stop sending mass emails to staffers: ‘Chaotic’
Cali., on Wednesday demanded that Elon Musk and Acting Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Charles Ezell ...
OPM instructs agencies to turn over plans for mass government layoffs
A Wednesday memo from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) directs agencies ...
Hegseth calls for DOD civilian employees to comply with OPM email directive
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said on Sunday he is now directing all department civilian employees to respond to emails ...
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OPM procurement processing fully halted following agency layoffs, internal email says
“The implications of this are significant, including potential delays in mission-critical acquisitions, contract lapses, and increased operational risk for OPM. OPO’s limited team will be ...
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OPM tells court it never ordered mass firings, contradicting prior claims
The Trump administration is arguing in court that agencies acted on their own to fire probationary staff, but it previously ...