The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is seeking dismissal of a lawsuit accusing it of illegally sending mass emails to federal employees via a new, unauthorized server. Filed by two anonymous employees, the suit alleges OPM violated the 2002 E-Government Act by failing to perform a required privacy impact assessment (PIA). This issue arose amidst communications related to workforce reductions under the Trump administration. OPM's representatives argue that the PIA requirement does not apply to internal employee data, and they have since published a PIA addressing the situation, claiming the lawsuit is moot.
The lawsuit alleges OPM violated the 2002 E-Government Act by using an unauthorized server for mass emails without a required privacy impact assessment.
OPM’s attorneys contend that the E-Government Act's privacy impact assessment requirement applies only to public data systems, not internal employee data.
Following the controversial emails sent to federal employees, which many believed were phishing attempts, OPM published a privacy impact assessment for the system.
In its recent filing, OPM stated that the case is moot and plaintiffs cannot likely succeed if it continues.
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