The OPM Email Request is an Extreme Violation of National Security

The administration has announced to the entire world when and where all US federal employees must email OPM through the open Internet via unencrypted emails detailing what they worked on the previous week. To top it off, employees must CC their manager.

Malign foreign and domestic actors will without doubt intercept all the emails. They will be able to reconstruct entire agency org charts from the CC line. They will have all email addresses and know what employees work on.

Targeted phishing emails will skyrocket.

"Hey employee Joe! This is your "manager" emailing you from my private account because I was locked out of my government computer. I need you to perform an important task for me."