The new Trump administration’s effort to both get a grip on and dismantle the federal workforce has also been a dystopian farce.

President Donald Trump is relying on a relatively obscure federal agency to reshape government. The Office of Personnel Management was created in 1979 by President Jimmy Carter and is the equivalent of the government's human resources departent.

The Trump administration OPM and OMB offices went on a memo blitz on Monday, including directing agency leaders to pause federal grants and to deliver return to office plans.

The Trump administration released guidance on the classification formerly known as Schedule F, calling for redetermination of policy-influencing positions.

When federal workers received a memo from the U.S. government’s human resources agency this week offering the chance to resign with eight months’ pay, some thought it might be spam. “Once you determine whether it’s real or not,

Billionaire Elon Musk has worked behind the scenes on an initiative aimed at depleting the civil service, prompting questions about its legality.

Agencies have until April 20 to recommend federal employee positions to be converted into the new “Policy/Career” classification, according to an OPM memo.

The government’s human resources agency also said it would begin subjecting all federal employees to “enhanced standards of suitability and conduct” and ominously warned of future downsizing.

The new administration is emailing government employees draft resignation letters. Musk sent a similar email to Twitter staff in 2022.

Meanwhile, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem joined immigration enforcement operations in New York. More Trump Cabinet nominees, including Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard, will face highly-anticipated confirmation hearings later this week.

The Department of Defense (DoD) is terminating all diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. “The President’s guidance (lawful orders) is clear: No more DEI at Dept. of Defense,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wrote in a post on X.