OPM Watchdog Says Review of DOGE Work Is Underway

The acting inspector general says the Office of Personnel Mgmt is investigating whether any “emerging threats” have arisen as Elon Musk’s #DOGE works to rapidly transform #government systems.
https://www.wired.com/story/opm-doge-review-underway/

"In addition to #OPM, #Democrats have pressed for similar #security assessments at five other agencies...

Congressional #Republicans have committed to little, if any, formal oversight of DOGE’s work"

#Musk #Coup #GOP #USPol #News

"I’d say it cost us at least a full day’s #productivity, if not more"
https://www.muskwatch.com/i/158555627/id-say-it-cost-us-at-least-a-full-days-productivity-if-not-more

"But in an update... #OPM removed wording describing responses as “explicitly voluntary.” The new PIA states, “The consequences for failure to provide the requested #information will vary depending on the particular #email at issue.” #DonaldTrump has also said that federal employees who do not respond could lose their #jobs."

#ElonMusk #Musk #Coup #Government #Trump #GOP #USPol #News #US #USA

EFF Sues #OPM, #DOGE and #Musk for Endangering the #Privacy of Millions - https://www.eff.org/press/releases/eff-sues-opm-doge-and-musk-endangering-privacy-millions

Update. "Represented by Public Citizen Litigation Group, Doctors for America filed a #lawsuit today [Feb 4] against the Office of Personnel Management (#OPM), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (#CDC), the Food and Drug Administration (#FDA), and the Department of Health & Human Services (#HHS) for the removal of a broad range of #health-related data and other information used by health professionals and researchers from publicly accessible government websites."
https://www.citizen.org/news/doctors-for-america-sues-over-removal-of-health-information-from-hhs-cdc-fda-websites/

#Medicine #Takedowns #Trump #USPol #USPolitics

List accomplishments or resign, Musk tells US federal workers
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr72n1yyj30o

"US #government workers received an #email on Saturday afternoon... shortly after #Trump spoke at #CPAC...

employees were asked to explain their accomplishments from the past week in five bullet points... before midnight on Monday.

👀 ...Newly-confirmed #FBI director #KashPatel told his employees... that they should "pause any responses" to the #OPM memo."👀 ‼️

#Musk #Coup #Politics #USPol #News #US #USNews

Was da gerade in den USA mit dem #OPM (Office of Personnel Management) passiert ist haarsträubend. Trump hat ohne gesetzliche Grundlage Elon Musk und Schergen freie Hand im Hinblick auf zentrale Staatsbehörden gewährt.

So ähnlich wäre, wenn Friedrich Merz im Alleingang Frank Thelen dazu beriefe, das Bundesverwaltungsamt zu reformieren. Und dieser dann irgendwelche Jungspünde aus seinen Start-up-Unternehmen daran setzt radikal alles abzusägen, was nicht zur politischen Linie passt.

Trump Guts Crucial OPM Team as Elon Musk Gains Even More Power

The Office of Personnel Management has just limited access to certain government records on #ElonMusk and his #DOGE minions.
https://newrepublic.com/post/191663/elon-musk-opm-privacy-team

"The Trump administration has fired members of the “privacy team” at the #OPM, a move that will hinder #public access & scrutiny over #government records related to the #security clearances of #ElonMusk & Doge."

#Musk #Coup #Trump #Corruption #Politics #Privacy #USPol #News #US #USA

The 2 #OPM ofcls said the level of access granted to #DOGE agents means they could copy SSNs, phone numbers & personnel files for millions….

“They could put a new file in someone’s record, they could modify an existing record,” one said. “They could delete that record out of the database. They could export all that data about people who are currently or formerly employed by the govt, they could export it to some nongovernment server, or their own PC, or a Google Drive. Or to a foreign country.”

At least 6 #DOGE agents were given broad access to all personnel systems at the #OPM on the afternoon of Jan 20, the day of Trump’s inauguration, acc/to 2 agency ofcls. 3 more gained access ~1 week later, they said.

The data that the DOGE team can access includes a massive trove of personal info for millions of federal employees…. It also includes personal info for anyone who applied to a federal job through the site USAJobs, the people said. Last year alone… there were 24.5M applicants.

Meanwhile, morale has plummeted, said 3 #OPM ofcls, as #DOGE agents have clashed w/senior career personnel. One official recalled a recent meeting in which a young DOGE team member began screaming at senior developers & calling them “idiots.”

A halt to IT upgrades — along w/fresh access by outsiders w/the power to install new programs — could create novel vulnerabilities at an agency that has been repeatedly #hacked by foreign #intelligence services.

#security #law #Trump #ElonMusk

The #DOGE team’s demand for access to #OPM files & networks came as #ElonMusk deputies arrived at the agency promising to wipe out 70% of its staff…. A senior OPM ofcl, during a team meeting Wed, said that core units focused on modernizing the agency’s network & improving accountability are “likely to go away,” acc/to a recording of the session obtained by The Post. Those who have been reassigned at the agency include the chief information officer & the chief financial officer.

#security #law

Records obtained by The Post show that several members of #ElonMusk’s #DOGE team — some of whom are in their early 20s & come from positions at his private companies — were given “administrative” access to #OPM computer systems within days of #Trump’s inauguration last month. 🚨That gives them sweeping authority to INSTALL & MODIFY SOFTWARE on government-supplied equipment &, according to 2 OPM officials, to ALTER internal documentation of THEIR OWN ACTIVITIES.

#law #TrumpCoup

…The records maintained by the Office of Personnel Management, #OPM, amount to a repository of sensitive info about employees of most #FederalAgencies — including addresses, demographic profiles, salary details & disciplinary histories. The moves at the OPM by members of #ElonMusk’s pseudo-governmental DOGE have coincided w/similar efforts to gain access to sensitive systems at other agencies, including a #Treasury Dept system responsible for processing trillions of dollars in US govt payments…

#ElonMusk’s #DOGE agents access sensitive #OPM data, alarming #NationalSecurity officials

The highly restricted data includes personally identifiable information for millions of federal employees maintained by the Office of Personnel Management.

#law #USpol #security #Trump #TrumpCoup #Gestapo #SecretPolice
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/02/06/elon-musk-doge-access-personnel-data-opm-security/

#Musk aides, not hired, appointed, confirmed to any govt jobs lock #government workers out of computer systems. #OPM enterprise #humanresources database w personal data on all #federalgovernment #employees including #socialsecurity numbers & #PII personal identifying info is controlled by #billionaire employees. This is #cybercrime #democracy #threat to our #government. #feds refused 2 #resign via unauthorized #email message by Feb 6 - may be #eliminated directly by #musk https://www.reuters.com/world/us/musk-aides-lock-government-workers-out-computer-systems-us-agency-sources-say-2025-01-31/

Just a reminder Deferred #Resignation #Email to #FederalEmployees January 28, 2025 https://www.opm.gov/fork/ by #musk employees who hijacked the #OPM office of personnel management server and have repeatedly threatened civil service employees. who provide all of us with #Medicare #medicaid #socialSecurity #Unemployment #Insurance #SNAP #HeadStart #SSI #WIC #affordablecareact #ACA #CHIP #food #nutrition #education #security #poverty #healthcare #aviation #transportation #safety net life in America

This has to be actionable.

#Musk aides lock #GovernmentWorkers out of computer systems at #US #FederalAgency

Aides to #ElonMusk charged have locked career #CivilServants at #OPM out of computer systems that contain the #personal #data of millions of federal #employees…

Since taking office, #Trump has embarked on a massive govt makeover, firing & sidelining hundreds of civil servants & installing more loyalists.

#law #cybersecurity #oversight #NationalSecurity #InfoSec
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/musk-aides-lock-government-workers-out-computer-systems-us-agency-sources-say-2025-01-31/

Musk -> Neo-Stalinist Scumbag...

"According to the same sources, other people at the top of the new OPM food chain include two people with apparent software engineering backgrounds, whom WIRED is not naming because of their ages. One, a senior adviser to the director, is a 21-year-old whose online résumé touts his work for Palantir, the government contractor and analytics firm cofounded by billionaire Peter Thiel, who is its chair. (The former CEO of PayPal and a longtime Musk associate, Thiel is a Trump supporter who helped bankroll the 2022 Senate campaign of his protégé, Vice President JD Vance.) The other, who reports directly to Scales, graduated from high school in 2024, according to a mirrored copy of an online résumé and his high school’s student magazine; he lists jobs as a camp counselor and a bicycle mechanic among his professional experiences, as well as a summer role at Neuralink, Musk’s brain-computer interface company.
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Last week, federal employees across the government received emails encouraging them to turn in colleagues who they believed to be working on diversity, equity, inclusion, and access initiatives (DEIA) to the OPM via the email address DEIAtruth@opm.gov.

“This reminded me,” says Kelman, “of the Soviet Stalinism of turning in your friends to the government.”

https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-lackeys-office-personnel-management-opm-neuralink-x-boring-stalin/

#USA #Trump #Musk #Stalinism #OPM