Federal employees across various government agencies are once again being asked to report their weekly work accomplishments to the Trump administration.
According to union sources and multiple employees, emails titled “What did you do last week? Part II” were sent out late Friday, directing workers to submit five bullet points summarizing their achievements.
This new directive applies to employees in multiple agencies, including the Bureau of Prisons, the General Services Administration, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and the Departments of Education, Veterans Affairs, and others.
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A Shift to Weekly Reporting
Unlike previous efforts, this reporting requirement is now weekly, with responses due by 11:59 p.m. ET every Monday. The email originated from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) HR address, and employees were instructed to copy their managers on the email.
Additional Agencies Join the Reporting Requirement
Employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) also received this new directive. However, the emails originated from a National Institutes of Health listserv, leaving it unclear if replies were expected to be directed to OPM.
Other agencies, including the Pentagon, Homeland Security, and the FBI, are implementing similar systems for tracking weekly accomplishments.
Mass Confusion Over Previous Mass Email
This new request follows a controversial mass email sent last Saturday to more than 2 million federal workers.
That email, originating from OPM, asked employees to report their past week's activities, with a strict deadline of 11:59 p.m. ET that Monday. The email sparked confusion, especially when Elon Musk posted on X (formerly Twitter) that failure to respond would be considered a resignation.
Some agencies, including the Department of Defense and the FBI, advised their workers not to respond, while others made compliance voluntary or mandatory.
Clarifications and New Directives
In response to the initial confusion, OPM clarified that the initial request was voluntary. On Friday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered all Pentagon civilian employees to respond to similar emails, now sent internally by the Pentagon, rather than OPM.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) also issued its own version of the “What did you do last week?” email, with the department collecting internal reports from its employees.
Elon Musk and the White House Explain the Rationale
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt stated that the reports would be used as a “pulse check” to verify whether federal workers were actually performing their duties. Musk further explained that the purpose was to ensure that all workers on the government payroll are real and active.
In a Cabinet meeting, President Trump backed the idea, stating that employees who had not responded to the email were “on the bubble” and might face termination, implying that some workers could be absent, unreachable, or in other roles outside the government.
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