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Federal employees face confusion amid Elon Musk's 48-hour deadline to report five recent accomplishments by 11:59 p.m. EST Monday or risk termination.

Musk’s unusual demand has faced resistance from several key U.S. agencies led by the president’s loyalists — including the FBI, State Department, Homeland Security and the Pentagon — which instructed their employees over the weekend not to comply.

Lawmakers in both parties said that Musk’s mandate may be illegal, while unions are threatening to sue.

Musk falsely accuses low productivity and alleged fraud without evidence, fueling debate and uncertainty across the government workforce already suffering extensive layoffs during Trump’s second term.

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[–] kn0wmad1c@programming.dev 17 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (2 children)

I don't know what's so confusing about it.

Musk has no authority. He wasn't voted in or confirmed by Congress to head a department, and the fake department he does lead wasn't created by congress and is thus illegal.

He doesn't speak for the president any more than he speaks out of his ass.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago

and the fake department he does lead wasn’t created by congress and is thus illegal.

DOGE is unfortunately real.

They changed the name of a small existing team to DOGE and fired (I think) everyone who already worked there.

But the rest is correct, DOGE and even OPM have no authority over any other agency. And Musk does not hold any position in the US government. Likely because he's never been able to pass a background check.

[–] chilicheeselies@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

You get this email that you know is BS, but your agemcy head insists you answer to it. Sonti goes theough the chain of command where ultinately your direct manager asks for it.