Scott Kupor, the new head of the Office of Personnel Management, aims to enhance operational efficiency while maintaining agency independence from the Department of Government Efficiency. Since the start of the Trump administration, OPM's workforce has declined significantly, with anticipated cuts projecting a reduction to about 2,000 employees. Recent practices include OPM requesting weekly work reports from federal employees, a method still evaluated for its effectiveness. Kupor intends to assess current policies and prioritize decisions that are beneficial for OPM, without being solely directed by external agencies.
Kupor emphasized that "OPM is its own agency" and will make decisions in the best interests of its operations, despite seeking to collaborate with the Department of Government Efficiency.
The headcount reductions initiated under DOGE are expected to lower the OPM workforce from 3,110 to around 2,000 employees, with 322 lost since the start of the administration.
OPM began sending emails to federal employees requesting weekly updates about their work, a practice that has been abandoned by some agencies but remains under consideration.
Kupor plans to evaluate current policies and seeks to ensure they provide value, reflecting on whether existing practices are effective as intended.
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