• Musk aides restrict access to federal employee data systems
• Musk's team works around the clock, installs sofa beds at OPM
•Concerns include cybersecurity and lack of oversight

Musk aides lock workers out of OPM computer systems

By News on the Net Reuters——Bio and Archives--February 2, 2025

WASHINGTON, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.

Since taking office 11 days ago, President Donald Trump has embarked on a massive government makeover, firing and sidelining hundreds of civil servants in his first steps toward downsizing the bureaucracy and installing more loyalists. --More...

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• Musk aides restrict access to federal employee data systems• Musk's team works around the clock, installs sofa beds at OPM •Concerns include cybersecurity and lack of oversight

Musk aides lock workers out of OPM computer systems

• Musk aides restrict access to federal employee data systems
• Musk's team works around the clock, installs sofa beds at OPM
•Concerns include cybersecurity and lack of oversight