Judge William Alsup, who presided over the case, said the administration’s argument was not credible and ordered both the Jan. 20 memo and the Feb. 13 directive to be rescinded. OPM has instead opted to edit the Jan. 20 memo.

The Office of Personnel Management has revised a Jan. 20 memo asking federal agencies to identify probationary employees ahead of a mass firing. The reissued memo does not order fired workers reinstated.

The Office of Personnel Management on Tuesday updated its guidance to department heads that demanded the firing of federal workers, adding that it’s up to the agency on whether to boot their hires. The slight shift in the memo updates a Day 1 order from the OPM directing all government agencies to pull together

The human capital agency updated guidance to say it’s “not directing agencies to take any specific performance-based actions.”

The Defense Logistics Agency has begun dismissing its share of the Defense Department’s 5,400 targeted employees.

The memo comes in the wake of a court ruling that the Office of Personnel Management broke the law. The Trump administration has updated its guidance on so-called probationary employees after a court ruled the administration had illegally ordered their firing, saying the final choice rests with agencies.

A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to rescind memos that directed agencies across the federal government to fire probationary employees, finding they were

A federal court said OPM's directives on probationary firings have no legal effect, since the office has no authority to order firings in other agencies.