The Hill14d
Judge orders rescission of OPM memos directing agencies to fire probationary employees
A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to rescind memos that directed agencies across the federal government to fire probationary employees, finding they were ...
WKBN 27 First News14d
Man sentenced to 2 to 3 years in prison for attack with baseball bat
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) — A man who pleaded guilty to attacking another man with a mini baseball bat was sentenced Wednesday in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court to two to three years in prison.
CBS News16d
Federal agencies can ignore "What did you do last week?" email, Trump administration says
Two officials said that the Office of Personnel Management, or OPM, held a call with the heads of human capital at federal agencies and said it's up to each entity to determine how they want to ...
WUSA16d
Why this federal employee lawyer says workers should reply to the 'list what you did' email from OPM
On Monday, OPM backtracked on Musk’s order. But then Monday night, Musk followed up with another post where he said ignoring the email results in termination. Still, Mahoney’s advice is the ...
The Citizen17d
Study reveals Zanzibar home to 32,000 bats
Unguja. A 2020 study by the International Bat Conservation Institute has found that Zanzibar is home to 32,000 bats, with 7,560 of them located at Wete Port. The number marks a 12.35 percent increase ...
Indiatimes17d
Mass confusion in US federal workforce over Musk OPM email: Which agencies have asked workers to hold off?
A sudden email from the OPM, part of Elon Musk's cost-cutting initiative, has caused confusion among US federal employees. The email, requesting summaries of weekly accomplishments, led many ...
The Hill17d
OPM tells HR leaders that response to Musk is ‘voluntary’
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) informed agency leaders that employee response to an email asking for a recap of what they accomplished last week is voluntary and that failure to do so ...
NBC News17d
DOGE will use AI to assess the responses of federal workers who were told to justify their jobs via email
Failure to respond will be taken as a resignation.” The OPM email did not mention the resignation threat, but said: “Please reply to this email with approx. 5 bullets of what you accomplished ...
Politico17d
Judge blocks OPM, Education Department from sharing personal info with DOGE
The order is the most wide-ranging block on DOGE’s activities to date and bars OPM, the government’s HR department, from sharing federal employees’ personal information with DOGE ...
Talking Points Memo17d
OPM’s Own Guidance Says Fed Employees Never Have to Respond to the Elon Emails
But emails it sends come to civil servants from the email address HR at OPM dot gov. This new system was given the name Government-Wide Email System (GWES). On February 5th, 2025 — in other ...
The Atlantic18d
The Obvious Inefficiency of Elon Musk’s New Order
Produced by ElevenLabs and News Over Audio (Noa) using AI narration. Listen to more stories on the Noa app. On Saturday, Elon Musk, the billionaire charged by President Donald Trump with cutting ...