Federal workers received a second round of emails Friday asking them to report their work accomplishments even after a slew of federal agencies pushed back against the White House’s first round of mass emails,

Departments with sensitive or confidential tasks, such as the FBI or Pentagon, initially told employees to ignore the order from DOGE and OPM.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told civilian employees to comply with a request to provide five bullet points of accomplishments.

A week after the Pentagon ordered employees not to respond to an email that originated from Elon Musk asking them to justify their employment, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a change of course on Sunday.

Hegseth’s directive comes after Pentagon officials instructed DoD employees not to respond to a Feb. 22 “What did you do last week?” email over concerns classified information would be shared.

Federal employees have raised concerns about being replaced by artificial intelligence, following Elon Musk’s email request that they explain what they do at their jobs. In case you missed it, Musk’s government efficiency task force,

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered all civilian employees at the Pentagon to respond to the “pulse check” email from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) after initially telling federal workers to ignore the directive.

Elon Musk reportedly got into a heated argument with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, telling him he’s good for TV and not much more.

The Defense Department initially told employees to "pause any response" to OPM's request for a list of their work accomplishments.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth changed course Monday when he told the Pentagon's civilian workforce to respond to an email from the Office of Personnel Management. When the OPM email first came asking federal workers what they accomplished last week,