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OPM’s Problematic Health Data Grab

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Tim Hoagland

5d ago

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Center for Democracy and TechnologyOPM’s Problematic Health Data Grabcdt.org
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Under a new plan from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) the government is trying to obtain intimate health records of hundreds of thousands of federal employees. Given the lack of specificity and authority, and the likelihood of extreme harm to federal employees, OPM should abandon this effort. In December of 2025, OPM released a […] The post OPM’s Problematic Health Data Grab appeared first on Center for Democracy and Technology .

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