The new initiative to evaluate the work of federal employees in the US brings confusion and various reactions at the level of individual authorities.
Federal employees in the United States have once again received an e-mail with a challenge to submit a report on their work results last week. It is not clear immediately what possible consequences will not comply with the new challenge, the New York Times, from which TASR drew, wrote on Saturday.
More than two million federal employees received the first such collective report last Saturday from the State Administration Efficiency Office (Doga) led by billionaire Elon Musk, who threatened them with a statement unless they prove the merits of their work. This caused confusion, because several authorities subsequently told their employees to ignore the call or have the opportunity to answer voluntarily.
The second round of e-mails began to be sent late on Friday night, for example, informed NYT and CBS News, saying they saw copies. The subject of the e-mail was: “What did you do last week? Part II” and was sent to employees of various offices, including the Federal Office for Investigation (FBI), the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Home Security.
Like a week ago, federal employees were asked to answer approximately five points in which they would describe what they managed to achieve in the past week. Those whose activities are considered secret or sensitive can respond with a brief formulation: “All my activities are secret”. Unlike the first e -mail, it was indicated by the employee that it would be their weekly task – regularly sending a list of completed tasks by the end of the following Monday. This time, the individual government agencies were also entrusted with the HR management Office (OPM) to send the e -mail themselves – saying that it is up to each department or do so.
Musk, whose US President Donald Trump has commissioned Doga to reduce public spending and deal with alleged waste and corruption, has not yet commented on new e-mails. The original challenge, according to his then statement, was to find out “whether the employee has a pulse and is able to respond to the e-mail”.
