Federal workers will receive another email on Saturday requesting a summary of their weekly achievements, sent directly from their agencies’ human resources divisions. This follows an earlier communication from the Office of Personnel Management (O.P.M.), which had requested similar updates. The decision was made after O.P.M. leaders met with agency representatives. The prior email, which garnered attention when Elon Musk suggested non-response could imply resignation, led to confusion, prompting some agencies to advise employees to pause their responses. By Monday, O.P.M. clarified that agencies were not obligated to require replies from employees.
Federal employees are reportedly set to receive another email as early as Saturday, requesting them to outline their accomplishments from the previous week, according to an informed source.
This time, the email will originate directly from the human resources division of the agencies, rather than from the Office of Personnel Management, the source indicated. This decision follows a meeting between O.P.M. leaders and representatives from various agencies, where it was advised that these emails should be dispatched, according to the individual who spoke on the condition of anonymity due to lack of authorization to discuss the matter publicly.
The Washington Post was the first to report the decision to initiate another round of emails.
Last Saturday, federal employees received an email from the Office of Personnel Management, the government’s HR branch, instructing them to report their achievements from the prior week by 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on Monday.
“Please respond to this email with approximately 5 bullet points of your accomplishments from last week, and cc your manager. Do not include any classified information, links, or attachments,” read the email.
The email communication was prompted after billionaire Elon Musk announced on social media that employees would soon receive the message, warning that failure to respond would be considered “a resignation.” Although Mr. Musk claimed he was acting under the direction of President Trump, the directive caused confusion throughout the federal government.
Over the weekend, officials from some agencies chose to disregard Mr. Musk’s orders, advising their employees to either pause or refrain from responding to the email. On Monday afternoon, the Office of Personnel Management notified agencies that they were not obligated to mandate employee responses to the email.