WASHINGTON – Some federal workers received another email late Friday, asking them to provide five bullet points of what they had achieved last week, sources confirmed to CBS News.
An email issued to CBS News instructed federal workers to “reply to this email explaining about five rounds of what you achieved last week and CC for managers.”
It also showed that such dict orders would continue.
“Please complete the above tasks every week by Monday from now on,” the email read.
The Department of Homeland Security, Energy and Treasury were among the agencies that received it.
However, it is different from First such emails were circulated to the federal workforce last weekemployees who handle sensitive information can now opt out of full responses.
“Please do not send links, attachments, or classification/sensitive information,” the email read. “If all activities are categorized or sensitive, write “All of my activities are sensitive.” ”
Earlier on Friday, sources familiar with the directive were confirmed to CBS News, where new emails were expected to be sent from individual federal agencies, not the Department of Personnel Management, as in the case of the email sent last week. That government-wide directive caused confusion as to whether a response was required.
In the new email, OPM advises agencies to send their own messages, and each department has the discretion to decide whether to do so, sources told CBS News on Friday. The email is part of a strategy to explain employee work weekly to agents and report it to government personnel agencies, but no decision has been made on whether messages will occur weekly, sources say.
In addition to determining whether or not individual agencies will send emails, CBS News has learned that each individual agency will determine the outcome of employee responses and replies.
Since returning to the White House, President Trump has reduced the size of the federal government to a key part of his second term agenda. He appointed Elon Musk to lead cost-cutting efforts through the efficiency of the White House government, although the billionaire is not a task force manager. The White House confirmed earlier this week that it was the predecessor of Amy Gleason, Doge, who worked for US digital services. Acting manager.
But Musk and his team disrupt the federal government with their initiative. As Thousands of federal probation workers As he was fired, Doge employees are seeking access to the department’s data system, which houses sensitive information. I work for several There are independent institutions Ground to stop.
Their actions have led to numerous lawsuits, and on Thursday a federal judge in California found mass shootings of probation employees. Probably illegal.
The first round of emails sent to federal workers last Saturday was from OPM, “What Did You Do Last Week?” recipients responded with five examples of what they had achieved the previous week, instructing them to include their boss in their responses. Government officials were told to “not send classified information, links or attachments” until 11:59pm on Monday.
Musk initially warned on social media that he could not respond to being “deemed a resignation,” but several agencies, including the FBI, the national sector, homeland security and defense, have told employees to ignore the demands. After that, OPM went to the department’s HR representative on Monday, and it was To each institution Decide how to process emails to workers.
However, the memo was also sent on Monday to the agency leader who tried to provide a government-wide email saying “what did you do last week?” Emails should be directed towards departmental leadership and copies should be sent to the OPM.
“The agency should review the responses and evaluate the non-response,” he said. The memo did not mention any instructions given by the department head who instructed employees not to reply.
About a million federal workers responded to their first email saying, “What did you do last week?” Trump said those who refused to respond at Cabinet meeting Wednesday that he was “a bubble” said his administration was “not excited” about the non-response.
“Maybe they’ll be gone, maybe they’re not around, maybe they have other jobs,” the president said.
