They’re aligned with Musk politically. So that’s consistent with the rest of the story. But it seems the upper echelons of the agency has already been stocked with a mix of Musk’s people and Republican operatives,
President Donald Trump is relying on a relatively obscure federal agency to reshape government. The Office of Personnel Management was created in 1979 by President Jimmy Carter and is the equivalent of the government's human resources departent.
Another former OMB official said prior administrations have used Voluntary Separation Incentive Payments (VSIP) and Voluntary Early Retirement (VERA) to reduce the headcount of certain agencies. But those buyout offers are capped at $25,000.
Agencies should aim for a 30-day deadline to implement Trump’s return-to-office executive order, according to a memo from the Office of Personnel Management.
The White House and OPM are asking for specifics in how agencies will comply with Trump's return-to-office order.
A memo asked agencies to provide a justification for providing relocation benefits to employees who live more than 50 miles from worksites.
Agency heads have until Feb. 7 to deliver implementation plans, which should include details on revised telework and collective bargaining agreements.
A pair of whistleblowers believe the office skirted the law by not conducting a privacy impact assessment for an alleged “on-prem” server used to send mass emails to federal employees and store information from responses.
The Trump administration’s Office of Management and Budget released a new memo Wednesday rescinding a controversial memo issued late Monday that froze a wide swath of federal financial
The Trump administration ordered temporary freezes in funding for programs spanning virtually every part of the government. Here’s the full list.
From the funding freeze to the federal-employee buyout, the White House doesn’t seem to know what its own teams are doing.