New email tells federal employees to list recent accomplishments weekly
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Summary
US federal workers have started receiving emails asking them to collate a list of accomplishments from the week, with a deadline of 11:59 pm ET every Monday for submission.
The message instructs those who have solely carried out sensitive tasks to respond with the line “all of my activities are sensitive” and does not clarify whether there are consequences for non-response.
The OPM, which sent the emails to agencies including the FBI and the Departments of Defense and Agriculture, was barred by a judge last week from firing employees from other agencies.
The initial email was sent last week by Elon Musk, who blamed it on a mission to detect fraudulent workers, although he provided no evidence for this claim.
A federal judge has since ruled that the OPM must revoke mass firing directives, while Senator Padilla has urged both Musk and the OPM to refrain from sending such emails to employees of the legislative branch.