Individual federal agencies will handle what actions to take against employees who did not respond to an email asking them to detail what they accomplished during the prior work week.

Federal workers don’t have to answer Elon Musk-prompted emails outlining what they did in their job last week, despite the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) figure’s announcement that failure to do so would amount to resignation,

The Office of Personnel Management told HR officials that employees wouldn’t be let go for not replying to an email asking what they did last week.

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