Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Archives

Scene from outside the U.S. Office of Personnel Management in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday May 21, 2019. (Photo by Sarah Silbiger for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Political vs. career CIOs: Former IT chiefs weigh merits of both following OPM guidance

Ex-CIOs agreed that political appointees can be valuable changemakers, but some cautioned against a blanket policy, politicization of the role.

Apr 9, 2025 By Madison Alder

Scott Kupor, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be director of the Office of Personnel Management, is sworn in at a hearing with the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on Capitol Hill on April 3, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

OPM nominee tells DOGE-concerned Democrats he’ll protect workers’ data

Scott Kupor pledged to do a full review of OPM practices on data privacy and data protection.

Apr 3, 2025 By Matt Bracken

Demonstrators gather outside of the Office of Personnel Management in Washington, D.C. on February 7, 2025 to protest federal layoffs and demand the termination of Elon Musk from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). (Photo by Bryan Dozier / Middle East Images via AFP)

Judge denies OPM’s motion to dismiss DOGE ‘data disclosure’ case

“The complaint adequately pleads that the DOGE Defendants ‘plainly and openly crosses a congressionally drawn line in the sand,'" the judge wrote.

Apr 3, 2025 By Billy Mitchell

OPM asks Supreme Court to halt probationary employee reinstatement at six agencies

The emergency application seeks a stay to an injunction ordering the reinstatement of “over 16,000 probationary employees” who were fired.

Mar 24, 2025 By Madison Alder

An organizational flag flies outside of the Office of Personnel Management in Washington, D.C. on February 7, 2025 as demonstrators gather to protest federal layoffs and demand the termination of Elon Musk from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). (Photo by Bryan Dozier / Middle East Images / Middle East Images via AFP)

Lawyer linked to DOGE is defending OPM mass email system lawsuit

Counsel for the plaintiffs in the case flagged Monday that an attorney who played a role in efforts to shutter the U.S. African Development Foundation is also…

Mar 17, 2025 By Billy Mitchell

Demonstrators stand outside the Office of Personnel Management headquarters Feb. 4 to protest the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency and a “deferred resignation” offer to federal workers from the OPM called “Fork in the Road.” (Photo by Madison Alder)

Federal judge orders reinstatement of workers at multiple agencies, unions say

Unions and organizations who brought the lawsuit celebrated the order as a win for thousands of federal probationary workers who have been fired.

Mar 13, 2025 By Madison Alder

Office of Personnel Management, OPM — OPM’s Washington, D.C., headquarters. (Billy Mitchell)

OPM inspector general will examine DOGE access to IT systems

The agency’s watchdog said it will look into “specific emerging risks” related to issues highlighted in a February letter from House Oversight Democrats.

Mar 10, 2025 By Matt Bracken

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)

OPM tells agencies it’s not directing probationary firings

The human capital agency updated guidance to say it’s “not directing agencies to take any specific performance-based actions.”

Mar 4, 2025 By Madison Alder

OPM quietly swapped out privacy assessment for governmentwide email system central to ongoing litigation

Without any notice, OPM replaced a key privacy document for the agency's mass email system that's central to ongoing litigation in federal court.

Mar 3, 2025 By Billy Mitchell

The National Science Foundation building (Wikimedia Commons)

NSF says it’s reinstating fired probationary employees

The National Science Foundation is reinstating probationary employees following a court ruling on the firings.

Mar 3, 2025 By Madison Alder