Lawmakers Want to Know Why OPM is Suddenly Withholding Federal Employee Salary Data
By Ian Smith, FedSmith, Mar. 11, 2018
Congressman Trey Gowdy (R-SC), Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, wants to know why federal employee salary information is suddenly being barred from release under the Freedom of Information Act.
The Committee sent a letter to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) last week pressing the agency for information as to why there seems to have been a policy shift with respect to what federal employee names and salaries are released.
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