The Judge hearing a lawsuit filed against six Federal agencies asked specifically to hear from the head of Office of Personnel Management (OPM). Charles Ezell had submitted an affidavit and the Judge wanted to see him questioned. This all started a few weeks ago when OPM issued an email firing hundreds of probationary employees. So
Among co-Pres. Trump’s many firings, he also fired the Chairperson of the Merit Systems Protection Board, Cathy Harris. Ms. Harris sued and was granted a permanent injunction. The Judge wrote a lengthy opinion, finding that The President cannot fire members of the MSPB board without cause. The members of the board enjoy a prescribed term
On Saturday afternoon, Pres. Musk sent an email to all or many Federal workers. His first email said all employees will receive an email soon. Failure to respond to that email will be seen as a resignation. Then came a second email asking all Federal employees to reply with a description of what they accomplished
The war on Federal workers continues. After the “Fork in the Road” email, the Musk/Trump next step has been to fire probationary employees. One estimate holds that there are 200,000 workers in their first year of Federal employment, making them probation employees. Many termination emails have been issued. A regular Federal employee can appeal any
It starts with Project 2025. Right off the bat, the Project 2025 book claims Federal workers are not held accountable. I previously wrote about that propaganda book here. As any Federal worker knows, all employees of the U.S. government receive an evaluation every year. Many private employers cannot make the same claim. I just
Millions of Federal workers have received an email with the subject “Fork in the Road.” That is the same subject heading for a similar email sent to all Twitter employees after Elon Musk first purchased Twitter. This new version of “Fork in the Road” offers Federal workers an opportunity to work from home for eight