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‘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 ground zero for Elon Musk and President Donald Trump’s efforts to ...
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Instagram gig backfires for Auburn alum, Trump’s current OPM chief of communications
McLaurine Pinover is the recently-appointed Chief of Communications for the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and is currently in hot water for using her government office to promote her side ...
Trump federal job cuts hit home. Indiana woman among US government layoffs for 'poor performance'
President Donald Trump, Elon Musk and DOGE have been issuing layoffs for federal government jobs throughout the US. Are Indiana workers impacted? What we know ...
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OPM tells agencies it’s not directing probationary firings
Scenes from outside the U.S. Office of Personnel Management in Washington on May 21, 2019. (Photo by Sarah Silbiger for The Washington Post via Getty Images) The Office of Personnel Management said in ...
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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 ...
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OPM retroactively edits probationary firing guidance to note it did not order probationary firings
The revision follows a court ruling that found the Office of Personnel Management illegally ordered agencies to terminate large swaths of employees in their probationary periods, most frequently ...