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Sep 16, 2026

Senate Democrats challenge OPM plan to collect health data on 8 million federal workers

Six Senate Democrats are urging the Office of Personnel Management to abandon its plan to collect and store claims-level health information on federal employees, retirees, and their families for 30 years, warning the data collection could expose workers to security breaches.

Sep 16, 2026·3 sources
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Top claims

  • ▪The Office of Personnel Management's data collection plan covers up to 8 million federal employees, retirees, spouses, children, and other family members.
  • ▪The Office of Personnel Management's plan permits sharing sensitive health data with law enforcement, the Department of Justice, and other government agencies under specific conditions.
  • ▪The Department of Defense has begun searching protected medical records of service members to identify and remove transgender people from the military.

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AI data privacy & biometric surveillance1AI security1U.S. domestic politics1

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