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11 August 2026 at 6:20 pm

FOIA Requests Face Significant Delays and Obstacles at OPM Following Staff Reductions

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Summary

The author details increasing difficulties in filing Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests with the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) following staff cuts under the second Trump administration and Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency. The process has become Kafkaesque, with abandoned email inboxes, web portal errors, and a significant backlog of requests, exacerbated by issues with the contractor Opexus.

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