{"id":2472519,"date":"2025-08-08T15:20:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T19:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-agencies-told-to-delete-employee-covid-19-vaccination-records\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T15:22:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T19:22:21","slug":"federal-agencies-told-to-delete-employee-covid-19-vaccination-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-agencies-told-to-delete-employee-covid-19-vaccination-records\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal agencies told to delete employee COVID-19 vaccination records"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffederal-agencies-told-to-delete-employee-covid-19-vaccination-records%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2472519&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has directed federal agencies to delete all records related to employees&#8217; COVID-19 vaccination status, including documentation of vaccinations, refusals, and exemption requests. This order,issued under the Trump administration,marks a significant rollback of Biden-era pandemic health policies affecting the federal workforce. Agencies are required to purge thes records permanently unless employees opt out within 90 days, with compliance due by September 8. OPM Director Scott Kupor stated that <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >federal workers faced unfair treatment<\/a> during the pandemic regarding vaccine mandates, and this move aims to prevent such consequences in the future. The rollback follows legal challenges to vaccine mandates and is part of broader efforts by the Trump administration to undo COVID-19 measures it views as government overreach.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">OPM orders federal agencies to purge COVID-19 vaccine records<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2200129\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Biden\">Trump administration<\/a> on Friday ordered federal agencies to erase all records tied to employees&rsquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/covid-19\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"COVID-19\">COVID-19<\/a> vaccination status and compliance with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-gop-candidate-leads-governors-race-by-2-points-in-deep-blue-oregon\/\" title=\"Poll: GOP Candidate Leads Governor&#039;s Race by 2 Points in Deep Blue Oregon\">pandemic-era mandates<\/a>,&nbsp;a sweeping rollback of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Biden\">Biden<\/a>-era health policies that once governed the federal workforce.<\/p>\n<p>Under <a href=\"https:\/\/content.govdelivery.com\/accounts\/USOPM\/bulletins\/3ed1556\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM\">new guidance<\/a> issued by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/opm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM\">Office of Personnel Management<\/a>, agencies must delete any documentation of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-bidens-last-minute-roadblocks-are-hamstringing-trump-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"How Biden\u2019s last-minute roadblocks are hamstringing ... - Washington Examiner\">federal employee&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s vaccination history, refusal to comply with vaccine requirements, or requests for medical or religious exemptions. The directive also prohibits agencies from considering that information in any future employment decisions, including hiring and promotions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3494946\/james-carville-melania-trump-jeffrey-epstein\/\">James Carville apologizes and removes video tying Melania Trump to Jeffrey Epstein<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3494647\/chicago-illegal-immigrants-noem-police-ice-sanctuary-city\/\">Chicago police refused to turn over 92% of illegal immigrants to ICE under Trump<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3494717\/watch-live-trump-azerbaijan-armenia-peace-summit\/\">WATCH LIVE: Trump welcomes Azerbaijan and Armenia leaders for peace summit<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Unless employees explicitly opt out within 90 days, all vaccine-related records, physical and digital, must be permanently purged. Agencies have until Sept. 8 to certify compliance.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Things got out of hand during the pandemic, and federal workers were fired, punished, or sidelined for simply making a personal medical decision,&rdquo; OPM Director Scott Kupor said in a statement. &ldquo;That should never have happened. Thanks to President Trump&rsquo;s leadership, we&rsquo;re making sure the excesses of that era do not have lingering effects on federal workers.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The original vaccine mandates affected millions of federal employees across agencies, including defense, health, and administrative sectors. The rollback effectively removes COVID-19 vaccination status as a factor in federal employment decisions, reshaping workplace policies and potentially affecting agency health protocols.<\/p>\n<p>This move comes in response to recent litigation and is part of the Trump administration&rsquo;s broader effort to reverse what it has called &ldquo;harmful pandemic-era policies&rdquo; imposed under the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<p>One of the most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ca5.uscourts.gov\/opinions\/pub\/22\/22-40043-CV3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">prominent legal challenges<\/a>, <em>Feds for Medical Freedom v. Biden<\/em>, contested the federal employee vaccine mandate introduced in 2021. The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a preliminary injunction blocking the policy, allowing employees to challenge the mandate in court without going through internal federal employment channels.<\/p>\n<p>Although the Supreme Court dismissed the case as moot after the mandate was rescinded, the case highlighted legal and political debates surrounding the scope of executive power during the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3493524\/opm-director-scott-kupor-gentler-approach-streamlining-federal-bureaucracy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>NEW OPM DIRECTOR TAKES GENTLER APPROACH TO STREAMLINING THE FEDERAL BUREAUCRACY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The OPM directive is the latest in a series of steps by President Donald Trump to roll back COVID-19-related mandates and protocols put in place during his predecessor&rsquo;s administration. Since returning to office, Trump has eliminated federal vaccine mandates, scrapped testing requirements for onsite work, and rescinded mask policies across all executive agencies. His administration has characterized these policies as &ldquo;government overreach&rdquo; that infringed on personal freedoms and disrupted federal operations.<\/p>\n<p>Since his confirmation on July&#8239;14, Kupor has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3493524\/opm-director-scott-kupor-gentler-approach-streamlining-federal-bureaucracy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">pursued a more tempered approach<\/a> to agency restructuring. His plan calls for reducing the agency&rsquo;s workforce from nearly 3,000 to approximately 2,000 by year-end, with most cuts achieved through voluntary measures such as early retirements and buyouts. Direct reductions in force will affect fewer than 200 positions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2200129\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2200129\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OPM directs agencies to delete all federal COVID-19 vaccine records<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2657,"featured_media":2472520,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AP24044744092991-1.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3774,36688,60928],"class_list":["post-2472519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-covid-19","tag-federal-agencies","tag-vaccination-records"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AP24044744092991-1.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2472519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2657"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2472519"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2472519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2472523,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2472519\/revisions\/2472523"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2472520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2472519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2472519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2472519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}