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,

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 be directed to a former staffer to Elon Musk now at the agency.

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.

Until very recently, the Office of Personnel Management lacked the capability to send mass emails to all federal employees, a person familiar said, fueling concerns that the agency bypassed procurement rules.

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.

President Donald Trump’s administration offered federal workers compensation for those who no longer wish to continue to come into the

Employees who choose to resign from their roles have to let OPM know of their decision by Feb. 6, according to an email sent to the federal workforce Tuesday.

The plaintiffs claim OPM violated the E-Government Act by not releasing details of how the email system will manage federal employees’ personal information.

The Office of Personnel Management tells agency and department heads they must close all DEIA offices by the end of Wednesday and put government workers in those offices on paid leave.

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

In an unprecedented move to shrink the US government workforce, President Donald Trump has offered seven-month payouts to all federal employees who opt to leave their posts voluntarily by February 6.