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Trump administration official filmed video from home to avoid remote work scrutiny

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Scott Kupor, the director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and a key figure in the Trump administration's push for federal employees to return to the office, admitted to filming a video from his home to avoid criticism. Kupor expressed concern about appearing to be working from home, stating he sought a plain wall to conceal his location. This incident highlights the ongoing tension surrounding remote work policies in the federal government, with the administration advocating for a full return to in-person work. AI

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Trump administration official filmed video from home to avoid remote work scrutiny

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  1. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · Sasha Rogelberg ·

    Exclusive: The man leading Trump’s RTO charge for government workers says he filmed a video in front of a blank wall to avoid work-from-home suspicion

    “I was in my bedroom,” OPM director Scott Kupor said in an all-hands meeting this week. “I was trying to find something that was not recognizable as being in my house, basically.”

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