{
  "id": 12037,
  "url": "https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-26-108916",
  "title": "GAOverview: Recent Federal Workforce Changes at OPM",
  "summary": "Why This Matters The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is the federal government's central agency for human resources and workforce management. Since December 2024, in alignment with presidential directives on the closure of certain offices and the reduction of the size of the federal workforce, OPM has undergone significant workforce and organizational structure changes. These actions have reduced institutional knowledge and operational capacity at the agency. OPM’s Headcount Decreased by 35",
  "authors": null,
  "category": "policy",
  "topics": "safety-alignment,jobs-economy",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": "us",
  "published_at": "2026-07-20T11:22:29.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-07-21T05:10:12.656Z",
  "source_slug": "x-us-gao-reports",
  "source_name": "US GAO Reports",
  "source_homepage": "https://www.gao.gov",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/12037",
  "original_url": "https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-26-108916",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}