DOGE’s Elon Musk says federal employees must document their work or resign
Federal workers will have to record everything they did last week or face resignation. These notes come from a Saturday afternoon post x Elon Musk, head of the White House Ministry of Government Efficiency,or.CBS News learned that federal workers received an email saying “What did you do last week”. They were instructed to answer five bullets of what they achieved last week, not including any confidential information. The deadline for reply is midnight on Monday.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk was at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Maryland’s National Ports.
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Musk appears to have responded to his new needs for federal workers to explain their jobs or potentially lose them. He said it was consistent with the president’s instructions.
“No response will be considered a resignation,” Musk added.In subsequent positions, Musk Write “The standard here is very low. An email with some meaningful symbol dots is acceptable! It should take less than 5 minutes to write.” Personnel Management Officewhich one Notified A spokesman said more than 2 million federal employees were allowed to resign last month, one of the agencies that had notified the directive workers.“As part of the Trump administration’s commitment to a federal workforce with effective responsibility, OPM asked employees to briefly summarize what they did last week to end Monday, CC’CC’ manager. The agency will determine any next steps , an OPM spokesperson told CBS News in a statement.
But, new FBI Director Kash Patel told his staff in an email Saturday that they should “pause any response to the OPM memo”.”FBI personnel may have received an email from OPM,” Patel wrote in a message obtained by CBS News. “The FBI is responsible for all our review procedures through the Office of the Directors and will be subject to FBI procedures,” he said. Review. We will coordinate the response when and when further information is needed. Now, please pause any reactions.”The White House has not responded to a request for comment from CBS News. Speaking at the conservative political action conference in Washington, Trump said Doge “now launching a war for government waste, fraud and abuse, Elon has done a good job.”President Trump released earlier in the day Truth Social Musk has done a great job of reducing the federal government and he wants to see him become more aggressive in his pursuit.”Remember, we have a country that can save, but ultimately bigger than before,” he wrote.In response to Musk’s tweet, the president of the U.S. Government Employees Federation said billionaires and Trump administration were showing “they’re disdainful of federal employees.”“It is cruel and disrespectful for thousands of veterans who wear a second uniform among civil servants and are forced to perform their duties to this extramarital, privileged, unelected billionaire, which is reasonable. Their union, which they never performed for an hour, said in a written statement: “He has been honest in public service throughout his life, adding that the union representing more than 750,000 government workers will Challenge any illegal termination.
Since Mr. Trump tapped Musk head Musk’s team Doge Already gone Thousands of federal positions have been cut in numerous institutions. The Governor also caused controversy By seeking access Sensitive government data.Mr. Trump also spoke to him on Saturday Federal Acquisition Planaccused about 75,000 federal workers Already accepted The government calls it “deferred resignation.” The president signed executive order after taking office last month End remote work options Suitable for federal workers. “We want to make the administration smaller and more efficient,” Trump said. “We want to keep the best people, we won’t keep the worst people. And, you know, we’re doing another thing, if they Not at work, we are firing them. In other words, you have to go to the office.”
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