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Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., on Tuesday said the Trump administration\u2019s recently unveiled plan to make federal employees sign a non-disclosure agreement \u201cthreatens\u201d the federal workforce\u2019s constitutional rights and creates a chilling effect on would-be whistleblowers and demanded information into how it was developed.<\/p>\n

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Last month, the Office of Personnel Management formally proposed requiring all federal employees to sign NDAs barring them from divulging \u201cconfidential\u201d information in most cases, prompting swift outcry from civil service groups and employment lawyers. A draft copy of the document bars signatories from disclosing information related to internal agency operations, personnel and procurement matters and \u201cany sensitive, pre-decisional or deliberative material.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a to OPM Director Scott Kupor, the Illinois Democrat criticized the proposal as \u201cover-broad\u201d and likely to make it more difficult for whistleblowers to divulge allegations of waste, fraud and abuse.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlthough OPM has stated the proposal does not supersede existing whistleblower protections, rights guaranteed on paper can be rendered ineffective if employees reasonably fear discipline, civil liability or criminal penalties for exercising them,\u201d Krishnamoorthi wrote. \u201cAs drafted, the NDA will leave federal employees questioning whether communications with Congress, inspectors general, law enforcement or other authorized oversight bodies could jeopardize or seriously damage their careers . . . Federal employees should not be forced to guess which communications are permissible and which could expose them to punishment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Krishnamoorthi particularly questioned OPM\u2019s citation of \u201cconfidential\u201d information, which he said is never \u201cclearly defined\u201d in the document.<\/p>\n

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\u201cOPM itself recognizes that federal employees have the right to disclose evidence of violations of law, gross waste of funds, abuse of authority and threats to public health or safety to Congress, inspectors general, and other authorized recipients,\u201d he wrote. \u201cYet the proposed NDA threatens disciplinary, civil and potentially criminal consequences for violations involving an undefined category of \u2018confidential\u2019 information. When employees cannot confidently distinguish between protected disclosures and prohibited conduct, many will understandably choose silence rather than risk punishment.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Democrat demanded information on OPM\u2019s legal analysis of whether the proposed NDA comports with the First Amendment and the Whistleblower Protection Act, a definition of \u201cconfidential\u201d for the purposes of the document, as well as any potential consequences federal employees who refuse to sign the agreement would face, and whether it would apply equally to both career employees and political appointees.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn its draft notice, OPM also cited unauthorized disclosures to the press\u2014including reporting on OPM\u2019s own controversial personnel proposals\u2014as the primary justification for this rule, arguing that leaks \u2018risk chilling candid interagency feedback, disrupting orderly decision-making, and weakening trust within and among federal agencies,\u2019\u201d Krishnamoorthi wrote. \u201cThis proposal notably does not mention the most high-profile information disclosure of this administration\u2014Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth\u2019s sharing of operational military strike details over a Signal group chat. That omission raises a direct question about whether this policy is designed to apply consistently across all federal employees and officials\u2014or whether it is aimed primarily at career civil servants who speak out about wrongdoing.\u201d<\/p>\n

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