Trump admin directs federal agencies to delete employee COVID vaccination records: ‘Must be expunged’ [Yes!] | 8 Aug 2025 | The Trump administration on Friday ordered all federal agencies to eliminate any records related to workers’ COVID-19 vaccination status, noncompliance with pandemic-era mandates or requests for vaccine exemptions. The rollback of vaccine record retention requirements was announced by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) in a memo to all federal department and agency heads. OPM explained that the move is in response to recent litigation and is part of the Trump administration’s broader effort to reverse “harmful pandemic-era policies” imposed by former President [sic] Joe Biden.