Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Archives

OPM pushes to reclassify chief information officers, opening up position to politics

The agency wants CIOs to be classified as “general” employees rather than “career reserved.”

17 hours ago By Rebecca Heilweil

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)

Plaintiffs call for temporary restraining order in OPM email server lawsuit

The new motion calls for the court to stop the operation of an alleged unauthorized commercial server OPM using to send mass emails to the entire federal…

17 hours ago By Billy Mitchell

Treasury sued by union groups over systems access given to Musk, DOGE

The lawsuit alleges that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent provided DOGE workers with “full access” to personal and financial information of millions of individuals.

21 hours ago By Matt Bracken

The Office of Personnel Management headquarters on Dec. 21, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Michael A. McCoy/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

OPM memo claims some agency telework policies are ‘unlawful’

The memo says telework and remote work measures in collective bargaining agreements “that conflict with management rights are unlawful and cannot be enforced.”

2 days ago By Matt Bracken

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Lawsuit claims systems behind OPM governmentwide email blast are illegal, insecure; Trump administration presents federal workers with ‘deferred resignation offer

A pair of federal employees filed a lawsuit claiming OPM violated federal with the system behind last week's mass email to federal employees. And, the Trump administration…

Jan 29, 2025 By FedScoop Staff

U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Headquarters, Washington, D.C.

OPM presents federal workers with ‘deferred resignation offer’

The White House is giving federal employees until Feb. 6 to accept the offer, President Trump’s latest move to drastically cut the government’s workforce.

Jan 28, 2025 By Matt Bracken

A screenshot of the first OPM test email sent to employees across the federal government Jan. 24.

Lawsuit claims systems behind OPM governmentwide email blast are illegal, insecure

A pair of whistleblowers believe the office skirted the law by not conducting a privacy impact assessment for an alleged “on-prem” server used to send mass emails…

Jan 28, 2025 By Billy Mitchell

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

OPM, OMB memo sets deadline for agency leaders’ return-to-office plans

Agency heads have until Feb. 7 to deliver implementation plans, which should include details on revised telework and collective bargaining agreements.

Jan 27, 2025 By Matt Bracken

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

OPM asks agencies to revise telework policies by Friday

A new memo from the human capital agency says federal agencies should change policies and require workers to be in the office full time by the end…

Jan 23, 2025 By Madison Alder

Melvin Brown II swapped out as OPM’s chief information officer

He served as CIO for roughly a week before the change to Greg Hogan.

Jan 22, 2025 By Madison Alder