6 days ago · Trump administration officials are taking major steps to cut down the size of the workforce and federal programs at the Office of Personnel Management. During an internal meeting Friday morning, Trump administration officials directed OPM senior career staff to begin making plans to cut the agency’s workforce and programs by 70%.

2 days ago · The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has led the charge in offering eight months of pay and benefits to workers should they wish to leave the federal service as President Trump forges ahead ...

Jan 29, 2025 · WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s new tool for reshaping the federal government is a relatively obscure agency, the Office of Personnel Management.. The agency has offered millions of federal workers eight months of salary if they voluntarily choose to leave their jobs by Feb. 6. The unconventional plan shows both Trump’s desire to bring the bureaucracy under control and the ...

1 day ago · President Trump at the Oval Office on Tuesday. Mr. Trump’s administration has given all federal employees a deadline of Thursday to accept an offer to resign and continue to be paid through the ...

On January 20, 2025, the President signed an Executive Order entitled, “Restoring Accountability to Policy-Influencing Positions Within the Federal Workforce (“Restoring Accountability”).”

Jan 31, 2025 · While the initial offer to federal employees to resign by Feb. 6 and retain their pay and benefits through Sept. 30 came directly from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), some of the ...

Jan 29, 2025 · The Office of Personnel Management sought to entice civilian federal employees to resign, as President Trump seeks to reshape the U.S. government. Here are details of the plan.

Jan 21, 2025 · In a memo sent to agency heads Monday evening, regarding “critical potential personnel actions,” OPM Acting Director Charles Ezell reminded agencies that newly hired federal employees can be terminated “without triggering [Merit System Protection Board] appeal rights.”

Jan 27, 2025 · Based on the language of the new memo, the Trump administration’s interpretation of “policy-influencing” positions appears to be relatively far-reaching, according to a source familiar with OPM policy and regulations who agreed …

4 days ago · ABC News spoke to a federal employee who accepted the buyout offer. When a U.S. Office of Personnel Management email last Tuesday entitled "Fork in the Road" offered a "deferred resignation" to 2 ...