On Saturday, employees across the Federal Government received e -a from Staff Management Office (OPM), demanding an answer with “approx. 5 of the bullets of what you achieved last week. “On X, Elon Musk announced that failure to respond” will be caught as a resignation “. The result? Confusion, chaos and outraging among the federal workforce that is increasingly felt under the attack.
“So fucking stupid,” says one air traffic controller who received the E -Stage and has gained anonymity for fear of retribution.
The leaders of many agencies seem to be caught without fear. On National Ocean and atmosphere administration (Noaa), which houses the National Meteorological Service, some managers initially warned about the response to the E -State in the event that it would be an attempt to theft of identity. Another employee of Noah says they have been warned not to sign up for their e -hasty after receiving it.
Other workers welcomed the conflicting guidelines of their managers. At the National Institute of Standards and Technology, which is Prediction of deep cuts Orchestrated from the so -called Department of the Efficiency of the Government (Doge), some employees reported to him that they were waiting for further guidelines, while others say their managers instructed people to adhere to.
It seems that the E -is sent to even federal judges. “We understand that some judges and a judicial staff have received e -hasty from HR@OPM.GOV“Read the E -Stand from the Office of the Director of the Department of Administrative Services for US Federal Courts.” Keep in mind that this -e -is not dated from the judiciary or administrative office and suggest that no action be taken. “
At least some military staff also received the E -Stand, and it was said that they were waiting for guidelines from the Ministry of Defense. This pattern of posture seems to be a response in most agencies, where workers say they have not yet been heard from higher leaderships if and how they should handle this latest escalation in Musk and Doge -‘efforts to dramatically reduce the federal workforce. At the National Health Institutes, for example, Ue -Site with the subject “, expect guidelines”, some workers have been said to “come in the information”, without any indications when or from anyone.
Another consideration for many is not only if they need to answer, but also how. Although the EPM has specified that employees should not send classified data, relationships or contributions, it is seriously limited so that workers in many government agencies can answer.
“National Security Staff has been informed of the request of the OPM, which takes them from the important work of insurance of the interest of national security,” said one source, to whom anonymity was approved due to the nature of their work. “These are important employees who keep us guarding us.”
“The Executive Board currently inspects this request to determine the appropriate guidelines on which information can be distributed outside the agency,” the UE -Strip from the Office of the Valute Supervisor, which sits in the Treasury Department. “Wait additional instructions.”
NBC News reported Saturday that even Kash Patel, a newly stalled federal investigating office The director and close ally of President Donald Trump, sent employees not to respond to the E -AD.