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2025-02 • Federal employees were sent emails from the Office of Personnel Management and other agencies demanding they list recent work accomplishments, with warnings that non-response could lead to consequences including being considered as resigning. The communications have been criticized as coercive or unlawful.

2025-02 • The Trump administration instructed federal agencies to dismiss employees in their probationary period. Hundreds or thousands of probationary employees across multiple agencies (including Interior, USDA, EPA) have been notified of possible terminations. Critics see this as part of a broader purge of civil service protections.