Leadership at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is telling employees not to respond to directions from an Elon Musk-guided email, which asks each worker in the federal government to | Elon Musk is facing a lawsuit from federal workers over a mass email requiring government employees to list productive tasks from the prior week or risk termination.

The request for employees to outline their job accomplishments has been met with pushback from departments and agencies.

The deadline given to federal employees by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and Elon Musk over the weekend is quickly approaching, but widespread confusion remains as agencies tell workers

Trump’s billionaire enforcer told federal workers they needed to justify themselves—or else. Then the administration changed its mind.

President Donald Trump backed Elon Musk’s demand that federal employees explain their recent work or risk getting fired, even as OPM said compliance is voluntary.

A rift appeared to open Sunday between some of President Donald Trump’s agency heads and Elon Musk, the billionaire tasked with reforming the federal government, over Musk’s demand that all federal employees state their weekly accomplishments or risk termination.

The White House said federal agencies have discretion over key policy, as records showed Elon Musk’s team pushing for still more enormous changes.