The US Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) warned employees that if they choose to answer Elon Musk’s Directive To submit a list of five performance for the past week, they must assume that it will be read by ‘malignant foreign actors’.
FOX News Digital confirmed that a letter sent by HHS to employees, had an e -mail from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) with the title: “What did you do last week?” Those federal employees to submit five listing marks with details about their performance in the past week or to be terminated.
“In discussions with OpM officials yesterday and today, OpM has now withdrawn that compulsory requirement,” HHS told its employees. “There is no HHS expectation that HHS employees respond to OPM and there is no impact on your employment at the agency if you choose not to respond.”
But if employees choose to respond, HHS gave a series of guidelines, including responding to the deadline of Monday at 11:59 pm
DOD tells a civilian workforce to ignore Elon Musk’s request to report productivity
Elon Musk wiped his critics during the event (Getty Images)
Other guidelines include maintaining answers at a high level of general and describing their work in a way that protects sensitive data, information that could identify others in the agency and information that could identify specific subsidies or contracts.
Moreover, the agency said that if employees are involved in research or reviews, not to identify Drugs, devices, biological medicinesTherapeutics or similar items in their answers, and if they are involved in scientific research, not to provide information that gives the precise nature of the work.
“Assume that what you write is read by to adjust foreign actors and your answer accordingly,” HHS told his staff.
Elon Musk says that federal employees must fill in productivity reports or resign
The US Department of Health and Human Services is depicted in Washington on Monday, July 13, 2020. (Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Musk, a senior adviser to President Donald Trump, Said earlier on Saturday that employees would receive an e -mail that would give them the opportunity to explain how productive they were last week. If an employee does not respond to the e -mail, Musk said that the government will interpret that as a dismissal.
FOX News confirmed on Monday that OpM Human Resources said officials from federal agencies that OPM does not use one-size-fits-all approach, and the administration will collaborate with individual departments to take employees into account.
This is because various agencies have told their employees to ignore or adhere to the request.
The Ministry of Defense, for example, told its civil worker file on Sunday to ignore the request to report their productivity.
The Pentagon is seen from Air Force One while it is flying over Washington, March 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
“DOD staff may have received an e -mail from OPM to request information. The Ministry of Defense is responsible for revising the performance of its staff and it will perform any assessment in accordance with its own procedures,” Darin S . “When and if necessary, the Department will coordinate answers to the e -mail that you have received from OPM. For now, pause an answer to the OpM -e -mail with the title:” What did you do last week. “”
Also telling employees to resign was Kash Patel, who was confirmed by the Senate last week as the new director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
“FBI staff may have received an e -mail from OPM to request information,” Patel told employees, according to the Associated Press. “The FBI, via the Office of the Director, is in charge of all our assessment processes and will carry out reviews in accordance with FBI procedures. When and if further information is required, we will coordinate the answers. For now, we will pause for now any reactions. “
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has also been issued a similar message to employees on Saturday and inquired that departmental officials “will respond on behalf of the department”, according to a message from ambassador Tibor P. Nagy, who serves as acting state secretary of the State for Management .
Musk turned to X on Monday and said, “Except for the president’s discretion, they still get a chance. Not responding a second time will lead to termination.”
Jacqui Heinrich ‘Fox News’ has contributed to this report.
