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.
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.