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.
Which federal workers could lose protections under Trump order
Federal workers reeling over Trump’s ‘buyout’ offer: ‘This is the last lifeboat in town’
There’s also a deep suspicion, especially among people who think they may be on the chopping block, that this is the last lifeboat in town,” said an employee.
'Fear' and 'chaos' grip federal workers as Trump rapidly remakes the government
Fear, anger and confusion have swept across federal agencies as workers grapple with executive orders from Trump.
According to the memo, OPM is requiring all federal agencies to notify their employees by Friday at 5 p.m. of their compliance with the executive order. Agencies are also mandated to update their telework policies with new language emphasizing in-person attendance.
The Office of Personnel Management tells agency and department heads they must close all DEIA offices by the end of Wednesday and put government workers in those offices on paid leave.
Most survey respondents who say they'll take OPM's deal already had plans to retire from federal service soon, or leave for a job outside government.
President Trump’s Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is ordering every head of departments and agencies to terminate all diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) offices and workers within 60
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 State Department has already begun to implement the president’s memo cancelling telework agreements as of March 1 and remote work arrangements July 1, with exceptions for military spouses and employees with disabilities.
Soon after U.S. President Donald Trump's inauguration on Jan. 20, 2025, and the slew of executive orders that followed, claims ( archived) circulated that space agency NASA was shutting down its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) offices.
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Federal workers placed on leave by Trump's DEI order are angry and fearful of what lies aheadLongtime federal workers say they have become pawns in a battle for political control, that their DEI work is misunderstood and they fear they're under surveillance.
Good government experts warn that President Trump’s revival of Schedule F, inserting new criteria into the hiring process and demand for a list of all feds who are still on their probationary period portend a mass firing of career workers as the new administration seeks to reshape the federal bureaucracy.
An interdepartmental memo from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) instructs agency heads to immediately comply with the anti-trans executive order Trump signed on his first day back in office.
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