Entity: Office of Personnel Management

FOIA to OPM Seeking Emails Regarding Improper Political Conversions to Career Status

September 22, 2020
FOIA to OPM seeking emails to specific email address regarding improper attempts by political to burrow into agencies through politicized hiring.

Rejection Response from OPM Regarding Communications About Political Appointees Converting to Career Status

August 17, 2020
The Office of Personnel Management rejected American Oversight's request for email communications concerning political appointees potentially converting to career status.

Investigations Update: ‘Burrowing In,’ Voter Fraud Task Forces, and Federal Law Enforcement

July 28, 2020
Our latest investigations into political appointees moving to permanent positions, the designation of "antifa" as a terrorist group, and state-level voter fraud task forces.

FOIA to OPM Seeking SF-50s of Political Appointees Converting to Career Status

July 20, 2020
FOIA to the Office of Personnel Management seeking SF-50s of political appointees converting to career status.

FOIA to OPM Seeking Records Regarding Requests of Political Appointees Converting to Career Status

July 20, 2020
FOIA to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) seeking requests to OPM related to political appointees converting to career status.

FOIA to OPM Seeking Communications Concerning Political Appointees Converting to Career Status

July 20, 2020
FOIA to the Office of Personnel Management seeking email communications sent to or received by the email address [email protected]. American Oversight seeks these records to shed light on political appointees converting to career status.

Investigations Update: Mike Pompeo’s Abuses of Office, Trump’s Loyalty Purges, and Caring for Uninsured Covid-19 Patients

July 8, 2020
From voting rights to the pandemic, here's a look at our new investigations from the past week.
Mike and Susan Pompeo in January 2019

FOIA to Multiple Agencies Seeking the SF-50 of OMB and OPM Senior Officials

June 30, 2020
FOIA to the Office of Management and Budget and the Office of Personnel Management seeking the SF-50 of former senior officials.

Emails and Resume of Trump’s Pick to Head Government Personnel Office

June 30, 2020
According to documents obtained by American Oversight, former conservative commentator John Gibbs had frequent contacts with far-right groups while at HUD.

News Roundup: One Firing, Multiple Scandals

May 22, 2020
Trump's firing of the State Department's inspector general has unearthed a series of concerning stories about the conduct of the very person who pressed for the firing — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.