Second email to federal workers comes with caveat

  • The OPM latest email came through on Friday
  • Employees have until Mondays at 11:59 p.m. ET to reply
  • Those with classified responsibilities have something of an out

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(NewsNation) — Federal workers received their second email asking them to explain their productivity in as many weeks.

The Office of Personnel Management sent an email on Friday asking employees to list five bullet points worth of accomplishments.

NewsNation obtained a copy of the email, which said it should be completed by each Monday at 11:59 p.m. ET.

The email, titled “What did you do last week? Part II,” notes that links, attachments, or sensitive information should not be included.

Last week, FBI director Kash Patel was among multiple chiefs to tell his employees not to respond to the email due to the sensitive nature of the job.

Should workers be completing classified work, this week’s email says they should reply with “All of my activities are sensitive.”

Earlier this week, Elon Musk said hundreds of thousands of federal employees have “another chance” to justify their recent accomplishments or risk losing their jobs.

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