Elon Musk, Hegseth and Pentagon

Elon Musk Criticized Over ‘Cruel’ Email to Federal Employees
Elon Musk caused alarm among federal employees and drew ire over an email sent on Saturday requesting that employees summarize their work for the week, and warning on social media that a failure to do so would be taken as a resignation.
Hegseth orders Pentagon employees to respond to Musk’s latest ‘What you did last week’ email
Hegseth’s directive comes after Pentagon officials instructed DoD employees not to respond to a Feb. 22 “What did you do last week?” email over concerns classified information would be shared.
Pete Hegseth Orders Civilian Pentagon Staff to Comply With Elon Musk’s ‘Pulse Check’ Email in Policy U-Turn
Hegseth ordered all civilian employees at the Pentagon to respond to the “pulse check” email from the OPM after initially telling workers to ignore it.
Why Elon Musk's 'show your work' email freaked out some civilian Pentagon workers
The billionaire Trump adviser demanded that federal workers list five things they did at work. It freaked out some Defense Department civilians.
Elon Musk says DOGE isn't done sending emails to federal workers asking for productivity summaries
"You know, we got a partial response. We are going to send another email," Musk said while attending President Donald Trump's first cabinet meeting.
Hegseth directs DOD civilian workforce to comply with Musk’s DOGE productivity email
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told civilian employees to comply with a request to provide five bullet points of accomplishments.
Pete Hegseth Issues Update to Pentagon on Elon Musk's DOGE Order
Departments with sensitive or confidential tasks, such as the FBI or Pentagon, initially told employees to ignore the order from DOGE and OPM.
Hegseth changes Pentagon posture on Musk email
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth changed course Monday when he told the Pentagon's civilian workforce to respond to an email from the Office of Personnel Management. When the OPM email first came asking federal workers what they accomplished last week,
Democratic lawmaker demands Musk, OPM stop sending mass emails to staffers: ‘Chaotic’
Cali., on Wednesday demanded that Elon Musk and Acting Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Charles Ezell ...
OPM says Musk's ultimatum is voluntary after a weekend of confusion
After a weekend of confusion, the Trump administration on Monday afternoon told federal agencies they don't have to direct ...
Elon Musk’s ‘what you accomplished’ emails are ‘voluntary’ after key agency heads ignore them: Federal personnel office
OPM also instructed multiple HR departments that failure to reply to the email did not mean automatic termination — despite ...
Elon Musk Issues New Order Over DOGE Ultimatum
Musk announced a new order in which he stated that it is "mandatory for the executive branch" to respond to the email on what ...
Veterans Affairs staffers denounce OPM email amid Elon Musk's DOGE push: 'People have no clue how this is impacting us'
After Elon Musk demanded that federal workers detail their work accomplishments via email, VA employees who contacted BI ...
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Trump Guts Crucial OPM Team as Elon Musk Gains Even More Power
The Office of Personnel Management has just limited access to certain government records on Elon Musk and his DOGE ...
OPM guidance strips language saying response to emails is ‘explicitly voluntary’
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) quietly updated a privacy impact assessment on its efforts to email all federal workers, stripping language indicating that responses from the staffers ...
‘It’s the shadow OPM’: How DOGE is using a once-obscure federal agency as ground zero for its plans to shrink government
The once-obscure Office of Personnel Management, essentially the human resources department of the federal government, is now ground zero for Elon Musk and President Donald Trump’s efforts to slash ...