OPM has been recently embroiled in at least a dozen lawsuits raised by people concerned about alleged privacy violations brought by the agency and staffers working in it under Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.
In other words, since 2020, Starbuck[s’ workforce] has become more female and less white.” The Missouri Attorney General argues that by hiring workers “based on at least one of Starbucks’ preferred immutable characteristics rather than an evaluation of an applicant’s merit and qualifications,” the hiring pool is skewed “towards people who are less qualified to perform their work, increasing costs for Missouri’s consumers.” Attorney General Bailey claims that “Missouri’s consumers are required to pay higher prices and wait longer for goods and services that could be provided for less had Starbucks employed the most qualified workers, regardless of their race, color, sex, or national origin.”
One of Trump’s executive orders gives a senior presidential aide until the end of April to come up with a plan to fix hiring (or, at least, cut the time-to-hire to 80 days) and bring better performance management to the federal government.
The PIA released last week is signed by OPM’s new chief information officer, Greg Hogan, who was quickly installed after the new Trump administration pushed Melvin Brown II, a career federal employee, out of the personnel agency’s CIO role.
Under Dellinger, OSC had determined that former Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro violated the Hatch Act for comments about the 2024 presidential election and alleged that Neera Tanden, a senior official in the Biden White House, also broke that law by fundraising for political candidates on social media.
The initial suit, filed in the Washington, D.C. District Court by two anonymous federal employees, claims OPM — working with Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency — violated the 2002 E-Government Act by bypassing a required privacy impact assessment, or PIA, before standing up the email platform.
The Department of Government Efficiency has requested and been granted access to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s IT systems and is already making personnel changes, multiple sources briefed on that matter have confirmed, raising concerns the new, Elon Musk-led team could interfere with scientific processes.
On his first day in office, Trump issued a memo, directing the White House counsel to grant for up to six months top secret / sensitive compartmented information security clearances to designated personnel.
Senate HELP Chairman Bill Cassidy, R-La., — who is a medical doctor and member of the Finance Committee, which ultimately will vote on Kennedy’ nomination — said at the end of Thursday’s hearing that he is still undecided.
Max Stier, president of the Partnership for Public Service, issued a statement Tuesday blasting the measure as one that, if successful, could create critical skills gaps at agencies and hurt mission delivery.
will result in immediate and devastating harm to Plaintiff States.” The attorneys general claim that the memo will prevent states from providing “certain essential benefits for residents, pay public employees, satisfy obligations, and carry on the the important business of government.” Chief U.S. District Judge John McConnell will hear the request for an emergency temporary restraining order later today.
The sweeping order to freeze all federal grants, loans and assistance not provided directly to individuals led to significant confusion inside of agencies as employees faced uncertainty as to whether their programs and initiatives were affected.
A stage-managed build-up of pledges ahead of time included more housing near rail stations, more freedom for pension funds, plans to make it harder for courts to block infrastructure, and a potential easing of U.K. visa rules for artificial intelligence innovators.
Rather than making a clean break and halting military aid to Ukraine as urged by some MAGA loyalists, including Trump’s former chief strategist Steve Bannon, Kellogg wants to use American strength to secure peace — even if it takes months.
“VA remains committed to being deliberative in the hiring actions taken to ensure we is postured for success as we implement overall modernization efforts and reform plans in accordance with the Office of Management and Budget,” he said.
BERLIN — German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has criticized her own government for its indecisiveness on Ukraine aid, signaling deep divisions inside the interim cabinet and growing discord among mainstream political parties amid a heated election campaign.
Cortland Management, one of the accused landlords, agreed to cooperate with the DOJ and stop using common rental pricing algorithms and competitively sensitive data to set rents as part of a settlement agreement.
