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Musk visits and asserts growing influence at GSA

Musk has former employees installed at the government’s HR shop, and several have appeared at its acquisition, tech and real estate agency as well.

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Employee groups, Democrats, experts warn feds not to accept ‘deferred resignation’ offer

The lack of a legal underpinning for the purported eight-month severance package, and Elon Musk’s history of offering—and then revoking—severance payments have many federal workers wary of the measure.

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Trump reportedly will offer buyouts to all 2 million federal workers

The White House’s plan to offer “deferred resignations” that pay departing federal employees their salary through Sept. 30 will likely run afoul of rules governing buyout payments.

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New Schedule F guidance shows the Trump White House is rearing for a fight

Trump administration officials elected to bypass the regulatory process to rescind Biden-era rules aimed at barring Schedule F’s revival, setting up a bigger fight over the president's authority.

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Musk visits OPM following workforce assignments for DOGE

Amanda Scales, a former employee of Elon Musk’s AI company, was recently tapped to be the chief of staff at OPM.

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Gregory Barbaccia named federal CIO

The Palantir alum has also served in the Army and as an intelligence analyst.

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Senate confirms Kristi Noem to head Trump’s DHS

Noem is likely to direct a reevaluation of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s spending priorities, amid GOP accusations that the agency censored conservative views online.

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Trump fires multiple agency inspectors general

At least a dozen were removed, including the IGs for the departments of Defense, State, and Energy, the Washington Post reported.

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VA wants hiring freeze exemptions for 300,000 roles

The acting Veterans Affairs secretary said in a Jan. 21 memo that the requested exemptions cover positions critical to the delivery of health care services. 

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GSA announces new FAS, TTS leadership

The new leaders are interested in working with Elon Musk’s DOGE.

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Ousted career execs at DOJ are considering options after being given vague rationale for firings

The dismissals came just hours after Trump's inauguration and raises questions of the president's legal authorities.

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Senate confirms John Ratcliffe to lead CIA

Ratcliffe, the former director of national intelligence in the final months of Trump’s first term, drew controversy over perceived politicization of intelligence assessments.

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OPM demands agencies comply with Trump’s telework order within 30 days

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.

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U.S. Digital Service employees are being re-interviewed under DOGE transition

Some employees who were in the U.S. Digital Service already when it became part of the DOGE fear the interviews are an assessment of their loyalty.

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Trump axes Democrats on intelligence and privacy oversight board

The removals come as Congress is set to decide next year whether to renew a controversial surveillance authority that’s been scrutinized by the board.

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Trump administration to lay off all federal employees in DEI offices

The president has called on federal agencies to immediately cease all DEI-related activities.

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Trump’s VA pick voices support for continued EHR deployment

Former Rep. Doug Collins, R-Ga., said “there's no reason in the world” why VA cannot successfully deploy its beleaguered Oracle Cerner electronic health record system.

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Trump: Agencies should fire 'all' bureaucrats

Atop the president’s anticipated actions this week are executive orders moving to reinstate Schedule F, reduce unions’ bargaining rights and broad rollbacks of telework at federal agencies.

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OPM’s new CIO replaced on second day of Trump administration

Greg Hogan will serve as the new CIO for the personnel agency, following Melvin Brown II’s one-week stint in the role.

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Tracking Trump’s national-security conflicts of interest

Experts say the businessman-turned-president has even more entanglements this time around.