Federal News Network11d
Top-ranking agencies from 2024 Best Places to Work now facing layoffs, RIFs
The release of the Partnership’s 2024 Best Places to Work rankings comes amid the Trump administration’s efforts to overhaul the federal workforce.
federalnewsnetwork.com19d
OPM delays FEVS timeline, removes DEIA survey questions
The Office of Personnel Management has delayed the timeline for distributing the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS) — the government’s signature survey to take the pulse of the federal workforce ...
The Hill8d
OPM inspector general investigating DOGE emails, access to agency data
The inspector general for the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) told lawmakers he is investigating the use of a new data system at the agency that has been part of a broader effort by Elon Musk ...
The Hill14d
OPM walks back memo on firing probationary employees, leaving decision to agencies
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) on Tuesday updated its guidance to department heads that demanded the firing of federal workers, adding that it’s up to the agency on whether to boot ...
Politico8d
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 ...
Nextgov22d
OPM procurement processing fully halted following agency layoffs, internal email says
The Office of Personnel Management’s procurement unit said it’s no longer able to process contracting opportunities and that all related operations have been halted after a “complete ...
NBC Washington22d
Musk says federal workers will get ‘another chance' to explain work as OPM says it's voluntary
He did not present evidence for his claims. Even as Trump and Musk pressed their case, the Office of Personnel Management informed agency leaders that their workers were not required to respond by ...
Washington Examiner9d
DOGE under investigation by OPM inspector general for access to email data system
The inspector general for the Office of Personnel Management is investigating the Department of Government Efficiency‘s access to data systems across numerous government agencies. The ...
CNN16d
‘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 ...
Politico19d
OPM illegally ordered agencies to fire ‘probationary’ federal employees, judge rules
A judge ruled Thursday that the Office of Personnel Management — the central human resources office for the federal government — broke the law when it ordered other federal agencies to ...
ABC News7d
DOJ lawyers decline to let OPM's acting director testify about mass firings
U.S. District Judge Charles Alsup had sought to have the acting head of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Charles Ezell, testify on Thursday about the mass firing of probationary employees.