The new Trump administration plans to warn about 2.3 million federal employees with one email address released this week, confusing at least some of the plans who are concerned that this seems doubtful.
The Bureau of Human Resources Management said, “We are testing new features that can send important communications to all federal employees on a single mail address (HR-AT-OPM -.GOV). You can consider it when you receive an email from this address.” According to the message from Friday.
CBS News obtained screenshots of the message and confirmed the authenticity of the contents through several federal employees and officials.
OPM, which acts as a federal government and employee welfare department, sent a message to the whole government overnight, and two officials confirmed CBS News.
“This is a new effort below this. management“One of the officials said.
White House officials did not immediately respond to the question of how the new email alarm system can be used and why a new system is implemented this week.
The Washington Post (WP) also reported on Friday that similar messages were released in other institutions and departments from Thursday. Some people claim to be a government employee reported the email as spam or phishing in two Reddit threads for federal employees. One of the Reddit threads told the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that he sent an e -mail to employees on Friday that the message was legal, so he asked to stop the report.
The CBS News contained warnings from the information technology departments of each department that the message “derived from outside the department” and the contents may not be safe.
The whistleblower who asked not to post a screenshot said, “I thought it was spam.” “Is this spam? ‘
With a massive change in personnel throughout the federal government this week, it was hardly helped to calm the nerves on an e -mail that seemed suspicious on Friday morning. President TrumpIn his presidential campaign, he announced something new as promised. Administrative measures and administrative orders This week, some recruitment will be frozen. Temporarily Discontinue Government public health report; Shout the end Federal diversity, equity and inclusive program; It is to revive the recruitment plan proposed by his first executive, which warned that critics can politely politics federal workers.
The new administration is looking for a way to take root, fraud, abuse, and bidder’s policies. New government efficiency program Led by billionaire Elon Musk.
“Did they have to send this this week? How many weeks have you been? Really? “The person who reported to the email said.
An OPM official said that leaders from other institutions and departments have been notified of plans to test the new “Federal Government” on the OPM website on Thursday. In some cases, one of the officials said that the general employee did not know the e -mail plan until the email arrived, causing confusion on Friday morning.
Representatives of the American Federation of Goverament EMPLOYEES, one of the largest trade unions representing private federal workers, did not immediately comment on the new e -mail system.
Eriel Dellzer
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