The Hill24d
OPM tells HR leaders that response to Musk is ‘voluntary’
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) informed agency leaders that employee response to an email asking for a recap of what they accomplished last week is voluntary and that failure to do so ...
The Hill17d
OPM guidance strips language saying response to emails is ‘explicitly voluntary’
OPM prepared a privacy impact assessment after it was sued for its creation of a database of federal employees using the [email protected] email. Now gone is language indicating employees have no ...
Yahoo10d
OPM to review potential risks from DOGE’s access to sensitive federal systems
The efforts by the Office of Personnel Management — the federal government's human resources agency — come after Democratic lawmakers and security researchers have repeatedly sounded the alarm ...
CNN17d
‘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 ground zero for Elon Musk and President Donald Trump’s efforts to ...
Wired10d
OPM Watchdog Says Review of DOGE Work Is Underway
The Office of Personnel Management’s acting inspector general has confirmed that the independent office is investigating whether any “emerging threats” to sensitive information have arisen a ...
American Banker7d
OPM says union agreements 'unenforceable' in mass firings
A demonstrator outside the Office Of Personnel Management in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 5. OPM issued a memo Wednesday saying that collective bargaining agreements cannot supersede the administration's ...
Politico24d
Judge blocks OPM, Education Department from sharing personal info with DOGE
A federal judge has barred the Education Department and the Office of Personnel Management — the government’s massive HR department — from sharing sensitive information with Elon Musk’s ...
Government Executive28d
OPM triggers more RIFs after ‘clean cleaving’ an entire office
The Office of Personnel Management is laying off its entire procurement team as the federal government’s human resources agency continues to reduce its footprint. Employees were informed Friday ...
AOL16d
OPM walks back memo on firing probationary employees, leaving decision to agencies
“OPM’s January 20 memo, February 14 email, and all other efforts by OPM to direct the termination of employees,” he wrote, listing the six agencies, were “unlawful, invalid, and must be ...
Stabroek News10d
OPM launches competition to enhance Guyana’s technological landscape
The Office of the Prime Minister’s (OPM) Industry and Innovation Unit has launched the inaugural Technology Concept Sprint 2025, an initiative the OPM said is designed to empower young people to ...
Government Executive10d
OPM chief rejects court order to testify on probationary firings as case expands governmentwide
A federal judge has ordered the acting head of the Office of Personnel Management to testify at a court hearing examining the legality of the Trump administration’s mass firings of federal ...