Federal Employees Required to List Weekly Accomplishments

- Federal employees are being asked to list their weekly accomplishments
- The request is being made by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
- Employees who work on classified or sensitive activities are exempt from providing details
- The consequences of not responding are unclear
- Elon Musk previously stated that failure to respond would be considered a resignation
- A federal judge has ruled that the OPM cannot fire employees of another agency
- Senator Alex Padilla has urged Musk and the OPM to stop sending emails to legislative branch employees
Federal employees have started receiving emails asking them to list their accomplishments from the previous week. The emails, sent by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), instruct workers to provide the list every Monday by 11:59 PM ET. Employees who work on classified or sensitive activities are told to write 'all of my activities are sensitive' in response. The OPM sent the email to various agencies, including the FBI, the General Services Administration, and the Departments of Defense, Justice, Labor, and Agriculture. However, it is unclear what consequences employees may face if they do not respond to the email or future ones. Elon Musk previously stated that failure to respond would be considered a resignation, but this detail was not included in the original email, and many legal experts have questioned its legality. A federal judge recently ruled that the OPM cannot fire employees of another agency and ordered it to rescind directives that led to the mass firings of probationary employees. Senator Alex Padilla has also urged Musk and the OPM to stop sending emails to employees of legislative branch offices and agencies, citing concerns about wasting time and resources and potentially misleading employees.