Overview

• Elon Musk, leading the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) under President Trump, mandated federal employees to document five accomplishments from the past week via email.
• The directive states that failure to respond by the Monday night deadline may result in termination, though the official email did not explicitly include this threat.
• Key federal agencies, including the FBI and CIA, instructed their employees not to respond immediately to the emails, asserting their own internal review processes.
• The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) condemned the move as disrespectful and announced plans to challenge any unlawful terminations in court.
• This ultimatum is part of a broader effort by the Trump administration to reduce federal workforce size, with Musk tasked to streamline operations and cut costs aggressively.