DOGE, Email and Federal Agencies

DOGE's Musk says federal employees must document their work or resign
Some federal agencies, including the State and Defense Departments, told their employees not to respond to an email asking for a list of tasks they completed.
'What did you do last week?' Read the email DOGE sent to federal workers.
The White House DOGE office on Saturday ordered all federal workers be sent an email asking them to list the tasks they'd completed over the week.
DOGE Email Throws Federal Agencies Into Chaos and Confusion
Across the US government, workers failed to get clear guidance on whether or how to respond to an email asking what they did this week, despite Elon Musk’s claim that their jobs are at risk.
Elon Musk Says Some DOGE Workers Are Federal Employees
Musk is "an employee of the White House Office" and "holds a position as a non-career Special Government Employee," the filing said. "Like other senior White House advisors, Mr Musk has no actual or formal authority to make government decisions himself."
'Maybe I'll just resign': Federal workers react to the mass DOGE email
Federal workers across agencies told Business Insider they were frustrated and upset by the DOGE productivity email sent Saturday.
Some federal workers told to ignore DOGE 'accomplishments' email
Multiple U.S. agencies have told employees not to respond immediately to a demand by President Donald Trump's adviser Elon Musk to list their accomplishments in the past week or be fired, as a chaotic campaign to cull the federal workforce pushes forward.
Judicial Branch Instructs Employees To Ignore Mass DOGE Email
The federal court system told staff on Saturday evening to ignore DOGE’s latest message, which demanded that federal employees
Federal workers fear job cuts, service disruptions amid Elon Musk’s DOGE push
Federal employees are raising alarms over Elon Musk’s push to reshape the US government, an effort now compounded by a ...
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Federal Agencies Defy Musk’s DOGE Demands, Urge Staff to Ignore Job Justification Email
Officials, including Trump's appointee to head the FBI, Kash Patel, are challenging the billionaire's authority over the ...
Musk: Federal workers who haven’t returned to office will be placed on leave this week
Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) leader Elon Musk said early Monday that federal workers who haven’t returned to the office will be placed on administrative leave this week. Last month, ...
Recording reveals new details on controversial DOGE employee
Less than three years before Elon Musk tapped him to help overhaul the US government, Edward Coristine, then 17, was the ...
Elon Musk Draws Ire Telling Federal Employees to Justify Their Jobs Over Email or Resign
Musk caused alarm among federal employees over an email sent on Saturday requesting that employees summarize their work.
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Musk to Federal Employees: Email Me 5 Things You Did Last Week or You're Fired
Musk initially said the request was a 'very basic pulse check,' but now says it will root out 'non-existent people or...dead ...
Federal workers confront mass confusion as Musk's deadline to list accomplishments looms
Confusion and chaos loom as hundreds of thousands of federal employees begin their workweek on Monday facing a deadline from ...
‘Indiscriminate madness’: DOGE claims firings target low performers and new employees. The reality is far from it
The Trump administration and Elon Musk have insisted that they are carefully purging the federal workforce by firing only low ...