On Saturday (22), federal employees received an email from the US Personnel Management office, giving as a deadline until 11:59 pm on Monday to respond with the tasks of their work from the previous week
Pentagon and other US federal agencies, including those now led by loyal employees of the president, have rejected the request for their employees to explain the tasks performed in their work otherwise they lose their job. This resistance indicates a possible friction between key figures of the Trump administration and the billionaire and external advisor, who leads a campaign to reduce the workforce of millions of people in government, which caused confusion in several agencies.
On Saturday (22), federal officials received an email from the United States Personnel Management Office (OPM), giving as a deadline until 11:59 pm on Monday to respond with the tasks of their work performed the week before. Federal civil servants said they were advised not to respond immediately.
This Sunday (23), the Department of Defense published a note asking its staff to “pause any response” to the Email of the OPM with the subject “What did you do last week?”. “The Department of Defense is responsible for reviewing the performance of its staff and will perform any review according to its own procedures,” said this entity in an X publication.
According to local press, employees appointed by the Trump government at the FBI (Federal Police), the State Department and the National Intelligence Office also instructed their members not to answer for now. Kash Patel, FBI’s new director, sent a message to his employees on Saturday saying, “The FBI, through the director’s office, is in charge of all review processes,” wrote The New York Times.
The unions also responded quickly. The American Federation of Governmental Employees (AFGE), the largest union of the American public service, promised to contest any illegal resignation. Musk, the richest man in the world and Trump’s greatest donor, was tasked with spending cuts and federal government wasting to the Federal Government at the head of the so -called Government Efficiency Department (Doge). Doge is an independent entity directed by Musk who was rejected on several fronts and received divergent court sentences.
*With information from AFP
Posted by Carolina Ferreira
