The order calls for the development of an AI action plan and sets up a process for revoking actions taken under President Biden’s previous AI executive order signed in October 2023.

The Biden administration issued a last-minute executive order on AI infrastructure. And OPM has a new IT chief.

There are exceptions for military spouses and employees with disabilities in the policy, which DOGE leaders have touted as a way to shrink the federal civilian workforce.

The Office of Personnel Management has created a new email account meant to collect reports of suspected diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, one of a series of moves the Trump administration has taken to slash DEI efforts across the federal workforce.

OPM said technological advances necessitated the changes, but some stakeholders argued the modifications still don’t reflect current governmental needs.

The State Department has already begun to implement the president’s memo cancelling telework agreements as of March 1 and remote work arrangements July 1, with exceptions for military spouses and employees with disabilities.

Greg Hogan will serve as the new CIO for the personnel agency, following Melvin Brown II’s one-week stint in the role.

Trump has promised to accelerate the production of American-made AI to compete against China for global leadership in the technology.

The federal government’s HR office is directing agency leaders to consider firing career employees hired within the past year, part of plans “regarding critical potential personnel actions.”

Steve Hernandez, Education’s CISO, and Brian Bordelon, Education’s deputy CIO, have moved to new agencies to take on similar roles.

The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has appointed Melvin Brown II as its new Chief Information Officer (CIO) according to a post by Brown on LinkedIn. Brown, a seasoned IT and cybersecurity leader with over three decades of experience across ...

The Marine Corps veteran has served as OPM’s deputy chief information officer since 2021. Prior to that, he worked in various roles across the Department of Homeland Security for eight years and spent seven years as the chief of staff for the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ Office of Information Technology.