The once-obscure Office of Personnel Management, essentially the human resources department of the federal government, is now ground zero for Elon Musk and President Donald Trump’s efforts to slash bureaucracy and deconstruct vast portions of the administrative state.

The Office of Personnel Management email Wednesday to remote workers, some thousands of miles from Washington, told them they are being relocated.

The human capital agency updated guidance to say it’s “not directing agencies to take any specific performance-based actions.”

The Department of Government Efficiency's access to data systems across government agencies is being investigated by the Office of Personal Management's inspector general.

Maryland Democratic Senator Chis Van Hollen joined federal workers at a rally outside of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) on Tuesday.

The memo asks agency heads to develop plans for reductions in force and reorganization that include plans to promote efficiency through tech modernization.

OPM employees working remotely can decline the management-directed reassignment, but with the understanding their choice will result in termination proceedings.

The Office of Personnel Management has revised a Jan. 20 memo asking federal agencies to identify probationary employees ahead of a mass firing. The reissued memo does not order fired workers reinstated.

Much of the U.S. civil service has recoiled at DOGE’s attempts to revamp the government. Others have been promoted.

A federal judge ruled that the terminations at agencies including the Department of Defense were probably illegal.