OPM guidance strips language saying response to emails is ‘explicitly voluntary’
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) quietly updated a privacy impact assessment on its efforts to email all federal ...
‘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 ...
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OPM quietly swapped out privacy assessment for governmentwide email system central to ongoing litigation
Why’s that important? OPM in the new privacy assessment eliminated key language that was the basis for a motion for sanctions filed by plaintiffs that same day in federal court. The plaintiffs, a ...
Hegseth directs Defense civilian employees to comply with email on job accomplishments
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has directed all department civilian employees to respond to emails from the Office of ...
Science agency reinstates some fired employees, includes people with disabilities, veterans, military spouses
The National Science Foundation said in a memo it's reinstating some of its fired probationary employees. A federal workers ...
Remote federal workers in Washington greeted with balloons, candy amid layoffs
Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the world’s largest multimedia news provider, reaching billions ...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the DOD's civilian federal workforce must respond to DOGE's productivity emails
The Defense Department initially told employees to "pause any response" to OPM's request for a list of their work ...
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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 ...
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Many federal employees ordered to submit recent accomplishments for second Musk email
Government workers have been instructed not to include classified or sensitive information in their responses.
Trump’s Education Department offers up to $25K buyout to employees with midnight deadline
WASHINGTON — President Trump’s Education Department is floating a buyout offer of up to $25,000 to its employees, which is ...
FBI Agent Seeking Overtime for Basic Training Rebuffed On Appeal
The Department of Justice prevailed Monday over an FBI agent’s lawsuit seeking overtime pay for basic training that allegedly ...
Pentagon directs employees to comply with Musk’s email accountability report
After initially being told to ignore the requested email report, Defense Department civilian employees were instructed to follow Elon Musk's recommendation.