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Trump: Musk's Email to Federal Workers Is 'Somewhat Voluntary'
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0:30Now PlayingWhite House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said that more than one million federal workers replied to an Elon Musk-led directive asking for bullet points to justify their positions and work productivity.
“I can announce that we’ve had more than one million workers who have chosen to participate in this very simple task of, again, sending five bullet points to your direct supervisor or manager,” Leavitt told reporters Tuesday.
Musk’s email demand, which had a deadline of Monday at midnight, sparked confusion across Washington, with many agencies, including the Pentagon, State Department and Department of Homeland Security, directing their employees to ignore the directive. The one million figure suggests that fewer than half of the roughly 2.4 million civilian federal workers responded to the email.
Musk said that workers who didn’t reply to the message would be considered to have resigned, but guidance from the White House said that all personnel decisions are up to agencies. On Tuesday, Leavitt clarified that each department would make decisions about hiring and firing.
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