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#ElonMusk deepened the confusion & alarm of workers across the #FederalGovernment Saturday by ordering them to summarize their accomplishments for the week, warning that a failure to do so would be taken as a resignation.

Shortly after #Musk’s demand, which he posted on X, #CivilServants across the government received an email from the Office of Personnel Management with the subject line, “What did you do last week?”

The missive simultaneously hit inboxes across multiple #FederalAgencies, rattling workers who had been rocked by #layoffs in recent weeks & were unsure about whether to respond to #Musk’s demand. Ofcls at some agencies, including the #FBI, told their employees to pause any responses to the email for now.

Musk’s mounting pressure on the federal work force came at the encouragement of #Trump, who has been trumpeting how the billionaire has upended the bureaucracy…

#KashPatel, the new #FBI director wrote in an email to staff not to respond to #Musk’s email writing, “The F.B.I., through the Office of the Director, is in charge of all of our review processes, & will conduct reviews in accordance with F.B.I. procedures…. When & if further information is required, we will coordinate the responses. For now, please pause any responses.”