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White House proposes NDAs for all US federal workers

Trump administration threatens legal action against employees who leak, aiming to curb information flow to journalists.

Trump moves to punish US government workers who leak information to reporters

US President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday proposed asking federal employees to sign non-disclosure agreements (NDA) with the goal of preventing them from sharing confidential information with journalists. The Office of Personnel Management, the human resources office for the ‌US government, released a draft NDA designed for federal agencies to use with new and existing employees. Under the draft agreement, the administration could pursue civil and criminal penalties against employees...