Sources tell WIRED that the OPM’s top layers of management now include individuals linked to xAI, Neuralink, the Boring Company, and Palantir. One expert found the takeover reminiscent of Stalin.

Many federal employees across the country are back at agency offices under President Donald Trump's return-to-office mandate

The agency now says responding is voluntary, while Trump said anyone who didn’t reply would be at least “sort of semi-fired.”