Business•NPR Topics: Business•May 26
To stop leaks, the Trump administration wants federal workers to sign NDAs
The Trump administration has proposed introducing a new government-wide nondisclosure agreement, or NDA, for both new employees and those already serving. The document does not mention the highest-profile disclosure of the second Trump administration: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's revelation over a Signal group chat of plans for a military strike on Yemen. The roughly 2 million people who work for the federal government are already required to safeguard confidential and proprietary information obtained on the job.
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