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In the time it took these employees on taxpayer-funded salaries to file a frivolous lawsuit, they could have briefly recapped their accomplishments to their managers, as is common in the private sector, 100 times over,
she said in a statement
ELON IS DOING A GREAT JOB, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HIM GET MORE AGGRESSIVE.”
The latest controversy erupted over the weekend when President Trump took to his social media platform, declaringIf people don't respond, it's very possible that there is no such person or they're not working,
Trump told reporters
These are real people. These are real lives. These are mortgages,
Curtis said on CBS' "Face the Nation."Prior to February 22, 2025, no notice was published, in the Federal Register or anywhere else, regarding any OPM program, rule, policy, or regulation requiring all federal employees to provide a report regarding their work to OPM,
the lawsuit said
The President cannot use federal funding as a weapon to force local governments to undermine public safety and their values and participate in his mass deportation efforts,
said Oren Sellstrom, one of the cities’ attorneys
We must be at full strength to enhance our opportunity to stop the GOP Tax Scam in its tracks,
Jeffries said in a letter to colleaguesNo OPM rule, regulation, policy, or program has ever, in United States history, purported to require all federal workers to submit reports to OPM,
said the amended complaint, which was filed on behalf of unions, businesses veterans, and conservation groups
Full time, COVID-era remote work is DONE under @POTUS leadership.”
Lee Zeldin, Trump’s new administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, said Monday on X, formerly TwitterEveryone expressed their goal of seeing the war end, and I emphasized the importance of the vital ‘Critical Minerals and Rare-Earths Deal’ between the United States and Ukraine, which we hope will be signed very soon
Trump wroteIt prevents the disclosure of the plaintiffs’ sensitive personal information to DOGE affiliates who, on the current record, do not have a need to know the information to perform their duties,
she wroteStarting this week, those who still fail to return to office will be placed on administrative leave.”
Billionaire Elon Musk, who’s leading Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency scouring government agencies for suspected waste, said on his platform X on Monday.jpg)
The mass firings ordered by OPM are illegal and betray the trust of countless federal employees. The patronizing demand that federal workers still on the job have to justify themselves by enumerating five accomplishments just adds insult to injury. That too is against the law,
lawyer Norm Eisen said in a statement on behalf of the plaintiffs
Due to the confidential and sensitive nature of the Department’s work, DOJ employees do not need to respond to the email from OPM. If you have already responded to this email, no further action is needed,
read one email sent by Assistant Attorney General for Administration Jolene Ann LauriaPlease reply to this email with approx. 5 bullets of what you accomplished last week and cc your manager. Please do not send any classified information, links, or attachments. Deadline is this Monday at 11:59pm EST."
The OPM email did not mention the resignation threat, but saidI provide direct care to our veterans and there’s a lot of sensitive information about their health conditions that could be a part of what I do every day, and we do not intend on jeopardizing that integrity with this email,
Thompson said
What this means is that people who are already overworked and underpaid will now have to take on even more work,
she told the outletWe have a solemn responsibility to be good stewards of the American people’s hard-earned taxpayer dollars,
the spokesperson told KGUNWe’re here to serve the American public, not private interests.”
As Thompson put itWithout those people helping to safeguard these places and care for them, all of us are going to suffer,
Nelson told CNN affiliate KGUN