• FBI Director Kash Patel has instructed employees to pause responses to an email from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) initiated by Elon Musk.
• The email requests federal employees to list five accomplishments from the past week, threatening non-response as a resignation.
• Multiple federal agencies, including the DOJ, State Department, and Pentagon, have advised staff to disregard the email.

In a recent directive, FBI Director Kash Patel advised that employees should hold off on replying to an email originating from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) that solicits details about their weekly work accomplishments. This email was spearheaded by tech billionaire Elon Musk, who announced the measure on his platform X, emphasizing that failure to respond would be considered a resignation. “All federal employees will shortly receive an email requesting to understand what they got done last week,” Musk stated, urging quick replies.

Patel's communication, seen in a memo obtained by The Hill, emphasized that the FBI would manage all responses. "The Office of the Director oversees all review processes and will conduct them in accordance with [FBI] procedures," Patel noted, adding that employees should “pause any responses” for now.

This instruction was echoed across several federal agencies. Following similar guidance, the U.S. Department of Justice communicated that employees are not required to respond to the OPM email. In internal emails, officials declared that responses were unnecessary and that staff were not obligated beyond their designated chains of command. "DOJ employees do not need to respond to the email from OPM," wrote Suzanne Belle, deputy director at the DOJ, indicating a unified stance among federal departments against the unsolicited inquiry.

Other agencies such as the State Department and the Pentagon have also issued clarifications instructing personnel to disregard the email, reinforcing that they will conduct performance reviews independently and in accordance with their internal protocols.

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