US tells federal agencies to remove records of employees' COVID vaccination status [View all]

Source: Reuters

August 8, 2025 2:03 PM EDT Updated 6 hours ago


WASHINGTON, Aug 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. Office of Personnel Management issued new guidance on Friday directing all federal agencies to eliminate any record of an employee's COVID-19 vaccination status, prior noncompliance with vaccine mandates, or requests for exemptions from such mandates.

"Things got out of hand during the pandemic, and federal workers were fired, punished, or sidelined for simply making a personal medical decision," OPM Director Scott Kupor said in a statement. "That should never have happened."

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/us-tells-federal-agencies-remove-records-employees-covid-vaccination-status-2025-08-08/

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Short article at post time.

Sounds like a violation of the Presidential and Federal Records Act Amendments of 2014, but then they are blatantly violating laws each and every day.

Newsflash - there is a "Records Management" process that designates how to handle government records and preservation and/or destruction.