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Trump administration backs off requiring response to 'What did you do last week?' email


"No one knows what we are supposed to do," said one federal employee amid conflicting and shifting directives on whether to comply with Elon Musk's directive to list five accomplishments.

President Donald Trump delivers remarks during a joint press conference in the East Room at the White House on Feb. 24 in Washington, D.C. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images hide caption Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) staff were initially told to reply, but then received a Sunday evening email asking them to "pause" responses pending additional guidance. A coalition of groups, including labor unions, has asked a federal court in San Francisco to temporarily block the Trump administration from firing probationary employees and from soliciting responses to OPM's email.

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