Musk gives all federal workers 48 hours to explain what they did last week

NEW YORK (AP) – Hundreds of thousands of federal workers have little more than 48 hours to explain what they accomplished over the last week.

The order is part of billionaire Elon Musk’s crusade to slash what he describes as “waste everywhere” in the federal government.

Musk, who serves as President Donald Trump’s cost-cutting chief, shared the extraordinary request on his social media network on Saturday.

Elon Musk speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025, in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

He said that “failure to respond will be taken as a resignation.” Shortly afterward, federal employees received a three-line email telling them to share “approx. 5 bullets of what you accomplished last week and cc your manager.”

Thousands of government employees have already been forced out of the federal workforce during the first month of Trump’s administration.

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