Amanda Scales, a former employee of Elon Musk’s AI company, was recently tapped to be the chief of staff at OPM.
Sources tell WIRED that the OPM’s top layers of management now include individuals linked to xAI, Neuralink, the Boring Company, and Palantir. One expert found the takeover reminiscent of Stalin.
The agency says it will offer “relocation packages” to remote OPM employees located more than 50 miles from their assigned duty station.
A new memo from the human capital agency says federal agencies should change policies and require workers to be in the office full time by the end of the week.
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.
The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has reportedly rushed to wipe the metadata from some of its memos after the embedded information indicated that they were written by people associated with Project 2025.
Billionaire Elon Musk has worked behind the scenes on an initiative aimed at depleting the civil service, prompting questions about its legality.
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, leaders of the proposed Department ... according to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. The OPM is the agency that oversees the federal workforce.
OPM White House Leadership Billionaire Elon ... In a November op-ed with his former co-lead Vivek Ramaswamy, Musk promised “mass head-count reductions across the federal bureaucracy.”
In a memo Wednesday night, Acting OPM Director Charles Ezell instructed ... During the presidential transition, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy touted ending telework as a means to encourage ...
Vivek Ramaswamy has stepped down from his role in the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency, clarified that his decision had nothing to do with friction with Elon Musk.
Radio host Charlamagne tha God dismissed Vivek Ramaswamy’s remarks about his exit from the “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE), saying he doesn’t believe the entrepreneur.