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The Latest Breaking News from the Office of Personnel Management

Federal workers will get a new email demanding their accomplishments, with a key change

Federal employees should expect another email on Saturday requiring them to explain their recent accomplishments

The Independent UK

Mass Firings Aren't Meritocracy

Plus: Epstein files, Taibbi interview, and more...

Reason

Sen. Padilla Demands End To Mass Emails From Elon Musk

Senator Alex Padilla criticizes mass emails sent by OPM and Elon Musk to legislative branch offices, highlighting concerns over unauthorized sharing of inf...

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Judge halts Trump’s mass firing of government employees

Government HR agency ‘does not have any authority whatsoever’ to carry out mass firings, U.S. District Judge William Alsup says from bench

The Independent UK

US judge in San Francisco will hear request by unions to halt mass firings of probationary workers

Labor unions are asking a federal judge in San Francisco for an emergency injunction blocking the mass firings of probationary federal employees by President Donald Trump’s administration

The Independent UK

Trump Administration Calls For Program Mergers, 'Significant Reduction' In Federal Workforce

In a memo to agency heads, Budget Director Russell Vought and acting director of the Office of Personnel Management Charles Ezell described the federal government as "costly, inefficient, and deeply in debt."

International Business Times

Musk's Joke About 'Pulse Check' Email Backfires After Only Half of Employees Respond

Elon Musk's attempt to justify his email ultimatum—calling it a "pulse check," not a "performance review"—is fueling skepticism about sweeping layoffs.

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DOGE could use AI to assess federal employees’s responses to Musk’s productivity demand email: report

Musk denied claims responses would be fed through a large language model artificial intelligence system

The Independent UK

OPM Considers Making Weekly Accomplishments Reporting Mandatory

Learn about the new voluntary weekly reporting requirement at the Office of Personnel Management emphasizing data security and transparency.

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Elon Musk's directive to federal workers to explain their productivity or get the ax could take them 165,000 hours of their workdays to complete

The time needed for all federal workers to reply to Musk's email could cost the government about $8.5 million in wages.

Fortune

Judicial branch employees – which Trump does not oversee – got Musk’s email asking for their accomplishments

Legal experts condemned the move, with one branding it a ‘fundamental failure’ in understanding the separation of powers, given the court system is not part of the executive branch

The Independent UK

The Latest: Federal workers face mass confusion as Musk’s deadline to list accomplishments looms

Confusion and chaos loom as hundreds of thousands of federal employees begin their workweek Monday facing a deadline from President Donald Trump’s cost-cutting chief, Elon Musk, to explain their recent accomplishments or risk losing their jobs

The Independent UK

Elon Musk sued by federal workers over threats to fire them

Elon Musk is being sued over threats he made to workers demanding that employees explain their accomplishments or risk being fired.

The National (Scotland)

Another member of Trump’s inner circle rebels against Musk’s productivity email

Tulsi Gabbard joins Kash Patel and the Department of Defense in instructing employees not to respond to the email

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Salon

Feds to staff: Ignore Elon

Several agencies have instructed employees to ignore a letter sent from the Office of Personnel Management

International Business Times

US Judge Declines To Block Musk From Accessing Data, Firing Workers

A US judge on Tuesday declined a request to temporarily block Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from firing federal employees and accessing agency data, a victory for President Donald Trump in his bid to shrink the government workforce.

The Street

How Trump's new passport rules impact cruisers, cruise lines

Cruise lines have never asked passengers about their gender or enforced specific bathroom rules.

TechRadar

Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency hit by another privacy lawsuit with millions impacted

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) joined the wave of lawsuits against the new government agency over supposedly illegal data access.

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The Independent UK

Labor unions sue to block DOGE access to sensitive information at US agencies

A coalition of labor unions filed a lawsuit Monday asking a federal court to stop Elon Musk’s team from accessing private data at the Education Department, the Treasury Department and the Office of Personnel Management

Latin Times

Leaders in Health Department Ordered to Rank Employees as Federal Government Prepares for Widespread Layoffs

Leaders in Health Department were asked to rank their employees in probationary periods, as federal government agencies brace for layoffs.

The Independent UK

Federal health workers brace for layoffs as White House instructs HHS to rank workers

White House denies any executive orders related to the sweeping health agency are underway

Latin Times

Top Government Official Forced to Resign After Appearing to Fail Trump 'Loyalty' Test: Report

A top government financial official resigned after reportedly failing a Trump loyalty test, as his administration and DOGE accelerate federal staff purges.

The Independent UK

Trump’s resignation offers are blocked by judge hours before buyouts were set to expire

Government intends to reduce the federal workforce by 5 to 10 percent in offering buyout to hundreds of thousands of employees

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VA Nurses Face Decision Amid Staffing Shortages

The Trump administration's deferred resignation offer for VA nurses faces resistance due to staffing shortages and concerns about patient care. Unions disc...

Fortune

The former head of the OPM condemns Trump buyout offer and says federal workers are being ‘tormented’

“In what other business does the head of the business denigrate and go to war with his own employees?”

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