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Musk says federal workers who do not report their weekly accomplishments will be treated as resigning
Consistent with President @realDonaldTrump's instructions
What he said or did
Musk posted that, Consistent with President @realDonaldTrump's instructions,
all federal employees would receive an email and that failure to respond will be taken as a resignation.
OPM then sent an email titled What did you do last week?
asking for approx. 5 bullets
; the email itself did not mention resignation (CNN).
Background
The demand came during DOGE's push to cut the federal workforce. Several agency heads gave conflicting instructions on whether staff should reply.
Official response
FBI Director Kash Patel told staff For now, please pause any responses
; the State Department said it would respond on the department's behalf (CNN). AFGE president Everett Kelley vowed to challenge any unlawful terminations (Washington Post). House Oversight ranking member Gerald Connolly called the threat illegal, reckless
(House Oversight Democrats).
Sources
- CNN (via KTVZ)22 Feb 2025
- House Oversight Committee Democrats23 Feb 2025
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