After more than six years at USPTO, Holcombe departed the agency Wednesday and now joins a Maryland-based, AI-focused firm to scale its tech across government.
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The DOGE-backed effort sought five bullet points from federal employees about what they did the previous week. OPM’s new director previously said he planned to review it.
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The new schedule appears redundant to the Schedule C classification, experts told FedScoop, perhaps opening the door wider to high-salary political appointees.