US President Donald Trump will speak at a press conference with Elon Musk at the White House Oval Office in Washington, DC, 2025. May 30
THe created a controversial program presented by Elon Musk, the head of the Government Efficiency Department (Doge) in his time.
The Personnel Management Service (OPM) has announced that federal employees will no longer have to send “5 things” e -mail. The letter at the end of each work week, which they are expected, will summarize their work and list the five things they did.
“We were in contact with the HR leaders of the agencies that OPM was no longer going to manage the ‘five things’ process and not use it from the inside,” said the director of the OPM, Scott Kupor, in a report in which the White House shared with time on Wednesday morning.
“OPM we believe that managers are responsible for informing them of what their team members work and have many other existing tools to do so.”
OPM was responsible for Musk email. The implementation of the postal requirement since its introduction in February, but has now been discovered for a long time in various federal agencies and high -ranking officials. It was not executed worldwide.
Musk, who announced that he was withdrawing from his role in late May, was tasked with reducing federal costs, attracting many federal agencies and imposing effective workflow methods before he began a public rage with his disposable ally, President Donald Trump.
Here’s a look at the “5 things” email. Email instructions and rested.
When Elon Musk introduced the efficiency of the workflow. Emails?
Tesla CEO and X owner Musk published in February. Postal requirements through social media.
“All federal employees will soon receive an e -mail asking for what they had done last week,” said Musk X, saying that the instructions were in line with Trump’s directive.
Musk added that “the non -reply will be considered a resignation”, but there were no instructions for the job threats to the workplace. In a letter sent to federal employees.
E -mail A letter praising the topic line “What did you do last week?” – has been sent from OPM to many government departments employees, including the FBI, State Department, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Environmental Protection Agency, Veterans Department, Medicare and Medicaid service centers and Core -Finanancial Protection Bureau (CFPB).
“Respond to this email with about 5 bullets what you did this week, and CC to your manager,” says February 22nd. Email sent A letter indicating the staff to answer at midnight in the upcoming Monday.
After a few days, after a long back, Musk gave employees a “second opportunity” to send his email. Letters if they first did not send a list of five winnings.
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How did federal staff, lawmakers and others react?
Some agencies have ordered the employees to be partially followed by the instructions, but have been sent by email. Letter to your “first -order supervisors”. It is reported that the Commerce Department has published a message to its employees, saying, “Following that email, make sure you will provide 5 bullets in your activities last week.”
However, other departments said there was no need to answer.
“There is no chance that HHS staff responds to OPM and there is no effect on your employment agency if you decide not to respond,” said Washington’s note from the HHS Department (HHS). Ad;
The Defense Department also advised to “pause” any response to OPM.
“The Defense Department is responsible for reviewing its staff activities and will carry out any review on its own obstacle,” the official statement said.
FBI Director Kasha Patel FBI told staff by email. In the letter to “pause any answers” to the Musk Directive.
“FBI is responsible for all our review processes through the Director’s Office and will perform reviews in accordance with FBI procedures,” the Patel report said.
Meanwhile, legislators spoke against the initiative in all party passes.
Speaking of CBS ” To face a nation Shortly after the initial email was sent. A letter, Utah Republican old John Curtis said: “If I could say one thing to Elon Musk, we ask that this dose of compassion is a dose. These are real people, real life, mortgages. It is a false narrative, say we need to cut and we need to be cruel.”
Chris Van Hollen, the Democratic elder of the Maryland Democratic, said: “There is no article in the Constitution that Elon Musk would give that authority.”
Others were more supportive of this step.
Republican spokesman Mike Lawler from New York told ABC This week: “There is no doubt that the Government Department is moving forward, they seek to ensure that each agency and department do their job effectively and effectively.”
“The task of Elon Musk and Doge, led by President Trump, is to find efficiency and savings and make sure our federal labor is doing his job.”
Elserett Kelley, president of the American Government Federation (AFG), issued a statement before the initiative.
“For hundreds of thousands of veterans who wear their second uniform in the civil service, they are forced to justify their duties for this flawless, privileged, unintelligent billionaire,” said Kelley.
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How did Musk and Trump react to disputes?
Responding to the lack of execution of some federal agencies, Musk was disappointed.
Musk said that answers to email The letters should take “less than 5 minutes” and that many of the “good answers” have already been received just one day after its order was sent. “These are people to consider the promotion,” he said.
“The e -mail request was completely insignificant because the standard of maintaining the test was to enter some words and click to send! However, so much failed even the dishonest test that in some cases called for their leaders,” he continued, releasing X.
“Have you ever witnessed such incompetence and contempt for how your taxes are spent?” Musk asked his American followers.
Former Doge Head responded to the comments of House Chairman Mike Johnson, who said that civil servants would not justify his job. “Just apply the same standards to public and private workforce. Fair rules for everyone,” said Musk.
Shortly stubbornly defended Musk’s efforts for work efficiency by email. Letters, calling a step “genius”. He said some federal wages did not respond because “they do not even exist.”
The President also said that departments who did not follow the email. E -mail instructions, do so “friendly”, including FBI, where employees worked on “confidential” items.
“They don’t mean anything in any way with Elon. They just say there are people you don’t want them to tell you what they work [the] Last week, ”he said.
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