They’re aligned with Musk politically. So that’s consistent with the rest of the story. But it seems the upper echelons of the agency has already been stocked with a mix of Musk’s people and Republican operatives,

The Trump administration OPM and OMB offices went on a memo blitz on Monday, including directing agency leaders to pause federal grants and to deliver return to office plans.

Agency heads have until Feb. 7 to deliver implementation plans, which should include details on revised telework and collective bargaining agreements.

The Office of Personnel Management is looking to open a direct line of communication to the federal workforce.

A pair of whistleblowers believe the office skirted the law by not conducting a privacy impact assessment for an alleged “on-prem” server used to send mass emails to federal employees and store information from responses.

Two federal employees are suing the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to block the agency from creating a new email distribution system — an action that comes as the information will reportedly

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

The White House and OPM are asking for specifics in how agencies will comply with Trump's return-to-office order.

Agencies should aim for a 30-day deadline to implement Trump’s return-to-office executive order, according to a memo from the Office of Personnel Management.

Directives to end WFH arrangements are leaving some federal employees confused and scrambling to rework their lives. Why it matters: The clock has started. Following President Trump's orders, the Office of Personal Management (OPM) gave federal workers roughly a month's heads-up to be back in the office full-time.

Sources tell WIRED that the OPM’s top layers of management now include individuals linked to xAI, Neuralink, the Boring Company, and Palantir. One expert found the takeover reminiscent of Stalin.

The full extent of the order was not immediately clear, but the directive sent to government agencies on Monday threatened to paralyze a vast swath of federal programs.