An attorney representing unnamed OPM employees asked a judge on Jan. 27 to issue a temporary restraining order halting the system as it represented a grave security risk to roughly 2 million ...

If the request is granted, OPM would be forced to disconnect its server until it can construct a plan for how to protect employees’ data, a requirement of the E-Government Act of 2002.

General employees, according to OPM, can be filled by a range of people, including “career, noncareer, limited term or limited emergency” senior executive branch appointees. Career reserved positions, ...

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has led the charge in offering eight months of pay and benefits to workers should they wish to leave the federal service as President Trump forges ahead ...

Elon Musk, tech billionaire and head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), and his aids have been given access to federal employee personal data and have allegedly locked out career civil ...

The executive suites on the fifth floor of OPM’s Washington headquarters are at the center of that effort. For career officials at the OPM, the alarm bells started going off during transition ...

“I am informing you that OPM assures the federal workforce that the offer is valid, lawful and will be honored,” an email to Justice Department workers obtained by Government Executive states.

A week after the U.S. Office of Personnel Management sent two million federal employees an email containing a deferred resignation offer, the OPM has sent out a second email with additional details.

Protesters congregated in front of the Office of Personnel Management in Washington, D.C., on a chilly Monday morning, vowing to return every morning this week to stand against what they called a ...

The two officials, who spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation, said some senior career employees at OPM have had their access revoked to some of the department's data ...

Here’s some highlights from the FAQ. OPM said that federal workers are not expected to work if they take the offer, and are encouraged to find jobs in the private sector or take extended vacations.