The U.S. agency that oversees federal workers said they could ignore a weekend email from tech billionaire Elon Musk that required them to justify the...
Elon Musk listens to U.S. President Donald Trump speak in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 11, 2025. - REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo: The U.S. agency that oversees federal workers said on Monday they could ignore a weekend email from tech billionaire Elon Musk that required them to justify their jobs after Musk’s demand sparked unusual pushback from some agencies.
According to an internal Justice Department email seen by Reuters, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management told human resources officials at federal agencies on Monday that employees would not be let go for not replying to Musk’s email - nor were staff required to respond to it. “Assume that what you write will be read by malign foreign actors and tailor your response accordingly,“ the email said.
In other Monday action, a federal judge blocked the government downsizing team created by Trump and led by Musk from accessing sensitive data maintained by the U.S. Education Department and the OPM.Also on Monday, a group of labor unions that have asked a federal judge to stop the mass firings updated their lawsuit to request that Musk’s email be ruled illegal.
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