The Office of Personnel Management was created in 1979 by President Jimmy Carter and is the equivalent of the government's human resources departent.

One lawyer says OPM's proposal "does not look fully baked yet" as Democrats question the legality of the "deferred resignation" offer.

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.

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

Another former OMB official said prior administrations have used Voluntary Separation Incentive Payments (VSIP) and Voluntary Early Retirement (VERA) to reduce the headcount of certain agencies. But those buyout offers are capped at $25,000.

Billionaire Elon Musk paid a visit to the Office of Personnel Management ... a central tenet of the federal government.” For now, Charles Ezell, OPM’s branch chief for data and analytics ...

There are limitations to what a president can legally do via executive action, and many of Trump’s orders are expected to be challenged in court.