Federal Employees Told To Justify Jobs In Email Or Musk Says They Face Dismissal.
Federal Employees Told To Justify Jobs In Email Or Musk Says They Face Dismissal Elon Musk speaks in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, on February 11. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images via CNN Newsource) By Shania Shelton, Tami Luhby, Josh Campbell, Eva McKend and Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — In President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s latest move targeting the federal workforce, employees began receiving emails Saturday afternoon asking them to explain what work they did last week, as Musk announced that “failure to respond will be taken as a resignation.” But several national security agencies, including the FBI, and multiple other federal departments advised staffers not to respond to the email immediately, suggesting the broader executive branch was not informed of nor prepared for the demand. The email came from the Office of Personnel Management’s new HR email address but had no signature. The subject line reads: “What did you d...
