{"id":3307,"date":"2025-02-24T12:47:51","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T13:47:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/?p=3307"},"modified":"2025-02-24T13:56:48","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T13:56:48","slug":"trump-officials-push-back-against-musk-initiative-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/24\/trump-officials-push-back-against-musk-initiative-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump officials push back against Musk initiative \u2013 media"},"content":{"rendered":"
Cabinet-level officials have reportedly instructed their departments to disregard a request for an activity report<\/strong><\/p>\n An instruction by Elon Musk, US President Donald Trump\u2019s government efficiency czar, for federal workers to summarize their weekly activities or risk termination has reportedly prompted resistance among senior officials.<\/p>\n On Saturday, Musk announced on X that all government employees must outline what work they had done over the week, warning that failure to comply might be interpreted as resignation. Emails sent to the 2.3 million federal workers reportedly requested that five bullet points detailing their activities be submitted by the end of Monday.<\/p>\n The Wall Street Journal reported that Musk\u2019s team at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) devised the request after Trump urged him to \u201cget more aggressive\u201d<\/em> in targeting perceived waste. The emails were distributed via the Office of Personnel Management, the federal government\u2019s HR arm.<\/p>\n However, some department officials responded by instructing employees to ignore the emails, with directives coming directly from Trump appointees, the New York Times reported on Sunday. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard ordered her staff not to respond, citing the \u201cinherently sensitive and classified nature of our work.\u201d<\/em> FBI Director Kash Patel informed employees that the agency \u201cis in charge of all our review processes,\u201d<\/em> directing them to \u201cpause any responses.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n