A week after the Pentagon ordered employees not to respond to an email that originated from Elon Musk asking them to justify their employment, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a change of course on Sunday.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth changed course Monday when he told the Pentagon's civilian workforce to respond to an email from the Office of Personnel Management. When the OPM email first came asking federal workers what they accomplished last week,
Departments with sensitive or confidential tasks, such as the FBI or Pentagon, initially told employees to ignore the order from DOGE and OPM.