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The Latest Breaking News from the Office of Personnel Management

154,000 federal workers who took DOGE buyouts are being paid to go fishing, watch Dungeons and Dragons streams and hunt for new jobs

The government has generated an estimated $14.8 billion in waste on the deferred resignation program, a new report says

The Independent UK

Watchdog finds ‘rampant abuse’ of remote work among federal employees during Biden administration

Government workers ordered back to offices five days a week on March 3 after Trump signed executive order

The Independent UK

After DOGE firings White House asks new job seekers to write Trump loyalty essays, from lawyers to janitors

The Office of Personnel Management wants potential civil servants to say how they’d ‘help advance the President’s Executive Orders and policy priorities’

The Independent UK

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DOGE’s AI surveillance risks silencing whistleblowers and weakening democracy

The United States Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is reportedly using artificial intelligence to surveil federal agency communications for anti-Donald Trump and anti-Elon Musk sentiment.

The Conversation

Trump appointee Scott Kupor resigns from some a16z funds, boards ahead of confirmation as head of OPM

The a16z managing partner is resigning from the firm, but will remain a passive investor in about 30 of its funds.

Fortune

Musk and DOGE’s ‘five things’ emails hit another hitch as the address federal workers were given stops working

The fault comes as Musk has branded himself and his DOGE team as White House ‘tech support’

The Independent UK

Judge blocks DOGE from accessing sensitive information at US agencies

A federal judge has temporarily blocked Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing people’s private data at the Education Department, the Treasury Department and the Office of Personnel Management

The Independent UK

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Thousands of federal workers on probation just got their jobs back but it doesn’t mean they’re safe forever

Probationary employees have their roles back for now, but more RIFs are still likely to leave many workers without jobs.

Fortune

Trump official filmed fashion influencer videos from her government office — as thousands lost jobs in DOGE cuts

In one post on her now-deleted Instagram account, McLaurine Pinover shared a link to her 800 followers where they could buy her $475 purple midi-skirt

The Independent UK

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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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.

The Independent UK

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 National (Scotland)

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 Independent UK

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

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.

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