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He Ministry of Defense (DOD) He told him to his civil workforce that he ignores the request of a billionaire and head of the Government Efficiency Department (Doge) Elon Musk to inform his productivity.
In a letter to the personnel of the Department of Defense, Darin S. Selnick, who performs the duties of the Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Preparation, provided guidance on how to handle Musk’s demand through the Office of Personnel Management (OPM ).
“Defense Department personnel may have received an EMM email requesting information. The Department of Defense is responsible for reviewing the performance of its staff and will carry out any review according to their own procedures,” Selnick wrote. “When and, if necessary, the department will coordinate the answers to the email you have received from OPM. For now, stop any response to the OPM email entitled, ‘What did you do last week'”.
Musk, president’s main advisor Donald Trump, He said on Saturday that employees would receive an email that gave them the opportunity to explain how productive were the previous week. If an employee does not respond to email, Musk said the government will interpret it as a resignation.
Elon Musk told federal employees that they needed to inform their productivity to maintain their work. (AP/Jose Luis Magana)
“According to the instructions of President @realdonaldtrump, all federal employees will shortly receive an email requesting what they did last week,” Musk wrote in X. “Not responding will be taken as a resignation.”
Later that day, Musk said the report It should take less than five minutes for employees to write. The deadline to respond to the email is at 11:59 pm on Monday.
Elon Musk says that federal employees must complete productivity reports or resign
The Defense Department told civilian employees to ignore Elon Musk’s request to inform productivity. (Photo AP/Patrick Semansky)
“To be clear, the bar is very low here. An email with some bullet points that make sense is acceptable!
An OPM spokesman confirmed Musk’s plans.
“As part of the Trump administration commitment with an efficient and responsible federal workforce, OPM is asking employees to provide a brief summary of what they did last week at the end of Monday, cc’ing to its manager,” he said The spokesman in a statement to Fox News Digital. “The agencies will determine the next steps.”
Kash Patel informed FBI employees that their office will manage to review their productivity. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, Archive)
He also told employees to withdraw Kash Patel, who was confirmed by the Senate last week as the new director of the Federal Research Office (FBI).
“FBI staff may have received an OPM email requesting information,” Patel told employees, according to Associated Press. “The FBI, through the director’s office, is in charge of all our review processes, and will review according to the FBI procedures. When and if more information is required, we will coordinate the answers. For now, make a Pause.
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According to the reports, the State Department also issued a message similar to employees on Saturday, informing them that department officials will respond on behalf of the department, “according to a message sent by Ambassador Tibor P. Nagy, who serves as secretary State for management.
Landon Mion of Fox News Digital, Andrea Margolis and Patrick Ward of Fox News contributed to this report.
