Trump Administration Demands Federal Worker NDAs in New Crackdown on Leaks

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is proposing a requirement that federal workers sign non-disclosure agreements (NDAs).

US President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday proposed giving federal agencies the option to require employees to sign non-disclosure agreements with the goal of preventing them from sharing confidential information with journalists.

The draft measure defines confidential information broadly to include internal operations, personnel matters and sensitive pre-decisional material not yet publicly available.

The Trump administration is requesting comment on its plans to further crack down on what it calls the release of unauthorized information, as part of its continuing focus on leaks to the media