Tell OPM: Don’t Let Trump Gag Federal Workers

Donald Trump wants to silence federal workers and whistleblowers.

The Office of Personnel Management is pushing a sweeping nondisclosure agreement, or NDA, that agencies could use across the federal government. New hires could be forced to sign it. Current workers moving into new roles could be forced to sign it too.

Federal workers already have rules protecting classified information. Trump’s NDA scheme goes further — turning routine government work into a secrecy trap. The goal is fear: scare public servants away from exposing corruption, abuse, waste, and political interference.

Tell OPM Director Scott Kupor: Withdraw this federal worker NDA scheme and protect whistleblowers now.

The proposed NDA could cover broad categories of “confidential government information,” including internal agency operations, personnel matters, procurement processes, and early-stage policy discussions that are not public yet. That is dangerously vague — and that is the point.

A rule like this could make workers think twice before talking to Congress, inspectors general, watchdogs, or journalists. It could bury misconduct before the public ever learns the truth.

Federal workers are often the first people to see abuse inside our government. They expose unsafe conditions. They reveal corruption. They warn the public when political appointees twist agencies into tools of revenge. They can also be the first to spot civil rights violations, threats to public services, and waste that harms the communities they serve.

Trump does not want accountability. He wants silence.

If OPM moves forward, scandals will be easier to hide. Whistleblowers will be easier to intimidate. And the public will lose one of the most important checks on government abuse.

Add your name now to demand OPM Director Scott Kupor stop Trump’s attack on transparency and protect federal workers’ right to speak out.

The petition to OPM Director Scott Kupor reads:

“Withdraw the proposed federal worker nondisclosure agreement plan immediately. No federal employee should be forced to sign a gag order that chills whistleblowing, lawful disclosures, press freedom, congressional oversight, or the public’s right to know.”