Leadership at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is telling employees not to respond to directions from an Elon Musk-guided email, which asks each worker in the federal government to | Elon Musk is facing a lawsuit from federal workers over a mass email requiring government employees to list productive tasks from the prior week or risk termination.
The request for employees to outline their job accomplishments has been met with pushback from departments and agencies.
Billionaire Elon Musk recently agreed with a proposal to conduct mandatory drug testing of federal employees, but contrary to misleading social media posts, no official U.S. government announcement has been issued asking workers to pass a drug test within 30 days or face termination.
Trump’s billionaire enforcer told federal workers they needed to justify themselves—or else. Then the administration changed its mind.
In a sign that not every Trump official is on the same page, leaders at the FBI and State Department instructed employees not to respond.
The deadline given to federal employees by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and Elon Musk over the weekend is quickly approaching, but widespread confusion remains as agencies tell workers
The White House said federal agencies have discretion over key policy, as records showed Elon Musk’s team pushing for still more enormous changes.