Episode

Should federal workers be bound by NDAs?

Podcast: Marketplace All-in-One
Published: May 27, 2026
Duration seconds: 380
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Summary

The Office of Personnel Management is proposing a strict new non-disclosure agreement for federal workers, which would bar them from disclosing “non-public, confidential, or proprietary information.” The Trump administration says a new agreement is needed to stop leaks to the press. A draft of the NDA is being published today. Then, from the latest season of Marketplace's "How We Survive," can we engineer nature to slow the climate crisis?