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Many of you have already received, or will soon receive, another email titled "What did you do last week Part II?" This email may come from a U.S. Office of Personnel Management (“OPM”) email address, hr@opm.gov, or from your agency directly. The email requests federal employees to respond with approximately five bullet points detailing their work over the past week. The email also may ask employees to report their weekly activities each Monday by 11:59pm ET. No explanation has been provided regarding how this information will be used or why it is being requested.

AFGE strongly believes that OPM lacks the authority to direct the assignment of work to agency employees in this manner. In the meantime, AFGE continues to advise all federal employees to seek guidance from their supervisor on whether and how to respond, including the type of information that may be disseminated to OPM.

If you received…

Reminder: Retain Your VA Personnel Records

In light of recent events at VA and the federal government as a whole, the AFGE National VA Council strongly recommends that bargaining unit employees retain copies of their personnel actions, performance appraisals, and other documentation from their personnel records. While retaining these documents has always been a best practice, it is more important than ever before to do so. These documents may be necessary to prove that an employee completed their probationary period or to challenge future personnel actions, for example.