Trump administration sued over new email system’s privacy concerns

Published January 28, 2025 11:55am ET



A lawsuit filed on behalf of two federal government employees alleges that President Donald Trump’s administration set up an email distribution system for the entire federal workforce but that the email system raises security concerns related to workers’ private data.

The lawsuit accuses the Office of Personnel Management of not doing an assessment required by federal law to mitigate any privacy risks in how the new email system could collect the data of federal employees. The lawsuit comes as the Trump administration begins overhauling many elements of the federal workforce, including ordering workers to return to the office and eliminating diversity, equity, and inclusion programs.

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