How DOGE's email to federal employees was ripped from private sector playbook
DOGE's attempt to trim jobs may be new for the federal workforce, but one expert said the strategy was ripped from the private sector’s playbook.
SBA head describes DOGE email prompt as ‘low’ bar for federal employees
Small Business Administration head Kelly Loeffler was perplexed over the drama created by a prompt to federal employees to list five things they had accomplished, suggesting it is “laughable” that some are resisting it.
Musk's DOGE emails government employees: Here's what experts have to say
Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) recently sought information from federal government employees regarding what work they completed in the past week. Experts weighed in.
White House pressed on email to federal employees, DOGE leadership
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt was pressed for more information on the email sent to federal employees that Elon Musk has been touting on social media. Leavitt was also hesitant to respond to questions about leadership at the Department of Government Efficiency.
'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.
More than 1 million federal workers respond to Musk’s DOGE email demanding to know what they did last week
More than 1 million federal staffers, less than half the government’s work force, have responded to Elon Musk’s demand to come up with five things they accomplished on the job last week, the
DOGE's Elon Musk says federal employees must document their work or resign; some agencies push back
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.
Musk’s ‘What did you do last week?’ email stirs chaos
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Federal Employees May Get More Demands to Justify Their Work at Elon Musk's Direction
The turmoil that enveloped the federal workforce over the last few days is unlikely to cease anytime soon as the U.S. government's human resources agency considers how to fulfill Elon Musk ’s demands.
Musk's ‘what did you do last week?’ email hits a million replies
The White House, eager to present the email demand as part of its coordinated attempt to dramatically scale down the size of the federal government, made that announcement at Tues
DOGE will use AI to assess the responses of federal workers who were told to justify their jobs via email
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, had some harsh words for the way DOGE was operating, calling the email sent to federal workers ...
DOGE’s HR email is getting the ‘Bee Movie’ spam treatment
Elon Musk surveyed his followers on X — the platform he spent $44 billion to buy — asking whether federal employees should be ...
Federal technology staffers resign rather than help Musk and DOGE
Twenty-one civil service employees have resigned from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, saying they're ...
Trump 2nd term live updates: DOGE emails asked federal judges to explain their work
Twenty-one federal employees who previously worked for the United States Digital Service, which President Donald Trump ...
DOGE tech employees jointly resign in protest of Elon Musk
"These actions are not compatible with the mission we joined the United States Digital Service to carry out: to deliver ...
Veterans Affairs staffers denounce OPM email amid Elon Musk's DOGE push: 'People have no clue how this is impacting us'
After Elon Musk demanded that federal workers detail their work accomplishments via email, VA employees who contacted BI ...
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 ...