Government & Public Sector — Federal workforce faces multi-front upheaval: OPM health data controversy, TSA privatization push, Labor Secretary ousted, and $166B tariff refund system goes live

Government & Public Sector · 2026-04-21

TODAY'S SIGNAL — The federal government is undergoing simultaneous structural disruptions across workforce, operations, and agency architecture. The most consequential thread is the escalating fight over OPM's plan to collect claims-level health data on federal employees, which has drawn bipartisan alarm over legal and privacy violations — a move that could reshape the government's relationship…