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OPM has told agencies that it will be gathering information from them on the impact of the Trump administration's cutbacks of telework and DEI initiatives, two of its earliest changes to the federal workplace to practices that had been a priority of the Biden administration. "We will request information regarding your Agency's actions to end DEI/DEIA programs and have employees report to an office," says a memo telling agencies to designate a point of contact for the information collection.

After Donald Trump curiously started referring to the Department of Government Efficiency exclusively in the past tense, an official finally confirmed Sunday that DOGE "doesn't exist." Talking to Reuters, Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Scott Kupor confirmed that DOGE-a government agency notoriously created by Elon Musk to rapidly and dramatically slash government agencies-was terminated more than eight months early.

That doesn't exist," Office of Personnel Management Director Scott Kupor told Reuters when asked about DOGE's status, adding that it's no longer a "centralized entity.

The U.S. government plans to pursue a "mass deferment" of job placement deadlines for a cornerstone program for training and placing student talent into government cybersecurity positions, aiming to give affected students a temporary reprieve from requirements that would have sent many of them into debt. The CyberCorps: Scholarship for Service program provides college tuition and a stipend to awardees, who, in return, commit to working in a government cybersecurity role upon graduation.

Today, America will experience its largest mass resignation in history, as 100,000 federal workers are set to formally quit their jobs. It's a result of the Trump administration's "fork in the road" Deferred Resignation Program (DRP) that staffers have taken up over previous months, who were allowed to transfer their workload and go on administrative leave until the official end date of federal service on September 30 2025.

The Office of Personnel Management illegally required the roughly 25,000 firings throughout government, U.S. District Judge William Alsup said, denying the Trump administration's argument that each agency acted on its own. The ruling comes months after the Supreme Court knocked down Alsup's previous preliminary injunction on the firings, though the judge said the justice' decision was nebulous and did not prevent his final order.

The Office of Personnel Management's top technology official, Greg Hogan, has left the job he's held at the agency since day two of the Trump administration. His last day on the job was Tuesday, an OPM spokesperson confirmed with Nextgov/FCW. Peryn Ashmoore, currently OPM's assistant director of enterprise learning and a longtime federal employee, has taken over as the acting chief information officer for the agency.

"Retirement from federal service is finally entering the digital age," said OPM Acting Director Chuck Ezell in a statement.