Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say (HR!)

By Free Republic | Created at 2025-02-01 00:32:19 | Updated at 2025-02-01 03:45:44 3 hours ago

Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say (HR!)
Reuters ^ | 1-31-25 | Tim Reid

Posted on 01/31/2025 4:28:07 PM PST by dynachrome

Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials. Since taking office 11 days ago, President Donald Trump has embarked on a massive government makeover, firing and sidelining hundreds of civil servants in his first steps toward downsizing the bureaucracy and installing more loyalists. Musk, the billionaire Tesla (TSLA.O), opens new tab CEO and X owner tasked by Trump to slash the size of the 2.2 million-strong civilian government workforce, has moved swiftly to install allies at the agency known as the Office of Personnel Management. The two officials, who spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation, said some senior career employees at OPM have had their access revoked to some of the department's data systems. The systems include a vast database called Enterprise Human Resources Integration, which contains dates of birth, Social Security numbers, appraisals, home addresses, pay grades and length of service of government workers, the officials said.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: lockout; musk; opm

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Excellent!

1 posted on 01/31/2025 4:28:07 PM PST by dynachrome

To: dynachrome

Curious.

What are the local, immediate issues, and what is the plan?

2 posted on 01/31/2025 4:31:08 PM PST by Paladin2

To: dynachrome

The winning continues. Looks like DOGE is heavily into all of this.

3 posted on 01/31/2025 4:31:43 PM PST by Parley Baer

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