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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.
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OPM alters memo about probationary employees but does not order mass firings reversed
The Office of Personnel Management has revised a Jan. 20 memo asking federal agencies to identify probationary employees ...
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OPM retroactively edits probationary firing guidance to note it did not order probationary firings
Judge William Alsup, who presided over the case, said the administration’s argument was not credible and ordered both the Jan ...
‘It’s the shadow OPM’: How DOGE is using a once-obscure federal agency as ground zero for its plans to shrink government
The once-obscure Office of Personnel Management, essentially the human resources department of the federal government, is now ...
OPM walks back memo on firing probationary employees, leaving decision to agencies
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) on Tuesday updated its guidance to department heads that demanded the firing of ...
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OPM moves to place political appointees into senior HR roles
The office's acting director argued in a memo that during the Biden administration career human resources people implemented ...
OPM guidance strips language saying response to emails is ‘explicitly voluntary’
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) quietly updated a privacy impact assessment on its efforts to email all federal ...
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OPM revises probationary employees guidance, says it was not directing agencies to fire feds
The Trump administration's update to the guidance comes after a federal judge ruled last week that OPM's communications on probationary employees were illegal.
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OPM procurement processing fully halted following agency layoffs, internal email says
“The implications of this are significant, including potential delays in mission-critical acquisitions, contract lapses, and ...
OPM says it can now process pensions digitally, as DOGE targets bizarre federal document mine
The Office of Personnel Management said it can process pensions entirely digitally, in two days, in a video promoted by Elon ...
Some remote federal employees get ultimatum from OPM: Move to Washington
The Office of Personnel Management email Wednesday to remote workers, some thousands of miles from Washington, told them they ...
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Federal hiring is nearly frozen. For those who can hire, a new roadblock has emerged
The biggest barrier, according to an OPM official, congressional staffers, VA employees and veterans' organizations is that human resources officials across the federal government can no longer ...