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In its proposed rule, the Office of Personnel Management says recent leaks about immigration enforcement and the U.S.
raid on Venezuela underscore the need for NDAs.
But the proposal also appears aimed at stopping leaks related to policy and personnel matters more generally.
Already, federal workers are required to safeguard confidential and proprietary government information.
Now the administration is defining that broadly to include information about internal agency operations and deliberative material that is not publicly available.
According to the proposal, agencies would decide for themselves whether to use the NDA, and federal employees would still have the right to disclose information as part of whistleblower complaints.
In its proposed rule, the Office of Personnel Management says recent leaks about immigration enforcement and the U.S.
raid on Venezuela underscore the need for NDAs.
But the proposal also appears aimed at stopping leaks related to policy and personnel matters more generally.
Already, federal workers are required to safeguard confidential and proprietary government information.
Now the administration is defining that broadly to include information about internal agency operations and deliberative material that is not publicly available.
According to the proposal, agencies would decide for themselves whether to use the NDA, and federal employees would still have the right to disclose information as part of whistleblower complaints.
In its proposed rule, the Office of Personnel Management says recent leaks about immigration enforcement and the U.S.
raid on Venezuela underscore the need for NDAs.
But the proposal also appears aimed at stopping leaks related to policy and personnel matters more generally.
Already, federal workers are required to safeguard confidential and proprietary government information.
Now the administration is defining that broadly to include information about internal agency operations and deliberative material that is not publicly available.
According to the proposal, agencies would decide for themselves whether to use the NDA, and federal employees would still have the right to disclose information as part of whistleblower complaints.