Agency Heads Are Telling Workers Not to Reply to DOGE Demands

By Monday afternoon, OPM itself told workers that responding to the email was voluntary.

Kash Patel, the FBI director's, appearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

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The Office of Personnel Management informed federal human resources chiefs today that federal employees are not required to report their accomplishments in response to an Elon Musk-led email from OPM over the weekend.

“This afternoon OPM during a Chief Human Capital Officers Council meeting informed agencies that employee responses to the OPM email is voluntary,” read the latest OPM email, according to a person familiar.

Some agency heads defied the Department of Government Efficiency by telling their workers not to comply with an email asking to report what they did last week.