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Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

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)

OPM illegally shared millions of employee records with DOGE, federal judge rules

Judge Denise Cote said the government failed to provide a credible explanation for why DOGE needed access to personal information to modernize the human capital agency.
The photo shows photo of Federal Workforce Data Chat (FWD Chat) open on a computer screen. The banner across the top has the OPM logo and below that, the page reads "FWD Chat Beta."
The Office of Personnel Management released a beta version of a Federal Workforce Data Chatbot with plans for improvement and integration with America.gov. (Madison Alder/FedScoop)

OPM launches beta AI chatbot for federal workforce data

The chatbot comes as an expansion of the Office of Personnel Management’s work to modernize access to public federal workforce data. Integration with America.gov is planned.
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Protesters rally outside of the Theodore Roosevelt Federal Building headquarters of the Office of Personnel Management on Feb. 5, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Court blocks OPM ‘loyalty question’ from use in agency job applications

A federal judge issued a pause on the Trump administration’s inclusion of a question that asked applicants how they’d advance the president’s agenda and policies.
The U.S. Office of Personnel Management headquarters is pictured on Dec. 21, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Michael A. McCoy/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

OPM memo attempts to clear path for more AI use in federal hiring

The human capital agency said AI uses that support applicant evaluation and pre-offer quality control likely don’t fall into a category that requires more risk management scrutiny.
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