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  "path": "/hiring-retention/2026/04/federal-job-applicants-cant-skip-loyalty-question-that-opm-says-is-optional-court-filings-claim/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-28T18:10:42.000Z",
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  "tags": [
    "All News",
    "Hiring/Retention",
    "Litigation",
    "Management",
    "Unions",
    "Workforce",
    "Workforce Rights/Governance",
    "American Federation of Government Employees",
    "American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees",
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    "National Association of Government Employees",
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  "textContent": "OPM says it’s optional for job candidates to answer the essays and that they won’t be disqualified from consideration if they skip them.",
  "title": "Federal job applicants can’t skip ‘loyalty question’ that OPM says is optional, court filings claim"
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