The agency’s watchdog said it will look into “specific emerging risks” related to issues highlighted in a February letter from House Oversight Democrats.
Scenes from outside the U.S. Office of Personnel Management in Washington on May 21, 2019. (Photo by Sarah Silbiger for The Washington Post via Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 17: The Dome of the U.S. Capitol Building is visible along with signs that read “Protect National Park Workers” and “No One is Above The Law” at a rally against the Trump administration during “Not My President’s Day” protests at the Capitol Reflecting Pool on February 17, 2025 in Washington, DC. Protests are being held in cities across the nation on Presidents’ Day against what the organizers say are “the anti-democratic and illegal actions of the Trump administration.” (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Protesters gather outside of the Theodore Roosevelt Federal Building headquarters of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management on February 03, 2025 in Washington, DC. The group of federal employees and supporters are protesting against Elon Musk, tech billionaire and head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), and his aids who have been given access to federal employee personal data and have allegedly locked out career civil servants from the OPM computer systems. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Protesters gather outside of the Theodore Roosevelt Federal Building headquarters of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management on February 03, 2025 in Washington, DC. The group of federal employees and supporters are protesting against Elon Musk, tech billionaire and head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), and his aids who have been given access to federal employee personal data and have allegedly locked out career civil servants from the OPM computer systems. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
The Theodore Roosevelt Federal Building headquarters of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management is seen on February 03, 2025 in Washington, DC. Elon Musk, tech billionaire and head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), and his aids have been given access to federal employee personal data and have allegedly locked out career civil servants from the OPM computer systems. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
The lawmakers said in a letter that agency heads should immediately tell staffers to not respond to OPM’s “ill-conceived email stunt” asking them what they accomplished last…
The E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse located at 333 Constitution Avenue NW in the Judiciary Square neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The building houses the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (D.C. Circuit). (Flickr/AgnosticPreachersKid)
Members of the American Federation of Government Employees set up a banner before a protest of a government shutdown on Jan. 8, 2019, in Philadelphia. Mark Makela / Getty Images)
The statement comes after reports that federal agencies, including the Office of Personnel Management, were preparing to or had fired probationary workers.