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Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 14: About 75 demostrators rally during a press conference outside the Department of Labor headquarters on April 14, 2025 in Washington, DC. Current and former Department of Labor workers and their supporters rallied in protest of the workforce cuts in the department’s Women’s Bureau, Employment and Training Administration, Office of Disability Employment Policy, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Employee Benefits Security Administration, and Bureau of International Labor Affairs by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Judge halts federal reductions-in-force amid shutdown

A federal judge in California said the RIFs appear to be “politically motivated” and temporarily halted efforts to carry them out.
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)

Greg Hogan has departed his role as OPM’s top IT official

Hogan was a day-one installment at the Office of Personnel Management and was often associated with DOGE efforts.
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People protest against President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) outside of the Department of Labor near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on Feb. 5, 2025. (Photo by DREW ANGERER/AFP via Getty Images)

Appeals court lifts block on DOGE access to Treasury, Education, OPM systems

The 2-1 majority cited the Supreme Court’s ruling to grant DOGE access to Social Security Administration IT and said a district court “abused its discretion” by issuing…
DOGE leader Elon Musk wears a shirt that says “Tech Support” as he speaks during a cabinet meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 26, 2025. (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

OPM officially sunsets ‘five bullets’ emails for federal workers

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.
Scott Kupor during a Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs regarding his nomination to be Director of the Office of Personnel Management on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on Thursday April 3, 2025. (Photo by Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

OPM’s Scott Kupor: DOGE was a ‘catalyst’ for efficiency. Operationalizing it comes next.

In a Q&A with FedScoop, Kupor said DOGE doesn't currently have a presence at the agency. He also plans to review the usefulness of the “five bullets.”
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)

Federal judge grants preliminary injunction in challenge to DOGE record access at OPM

The ruling provides a win for administration challengers on the heels of several recent court victories for the DOGE.
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