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| Hegseth directs DOD civilian workforce to comply with Musk's DOGE productivity email |
| 2025-03-03 |
| [FoxNews] Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth directed the Department of Defense (DOD)'s civilian workforce to comply with Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) productivity email, listing five things they accomplished after initially telling them not to reply. On Sunday, Hegseth released a video message explaining the shift. "Our civilian patriots who dedicate themselves to defending this nation working for the Department of Defense are critical to our national security," Hegseth said. "As we work to restore focus on DOD's core warfighting mission under President Trump's leadership, we recognize that we cannot accomplish that mission without the strong and important contributions of our civilian workforce." Musk, who's heading up DOGE, shared Hegseth's video on X, writing, "Much appreciated @SecDef Hegseth!" He also included a saluting emoji and an American flag emoji. Hegseth signed a memorandum on Friday to all DOD civilian employees, ahead of an anticipated email expected to be sent from the DOD on Monday requesting the five bullet points of accomplishments. Hegseth told employees to reply to the email within 48 hours and include their accomplishments and add their supervisors as recipients. He said in the video that the responses would be collected within the department to satisfy the requirement sent out by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). OPM sent an email last weekend, seeking the same five bullets, though the DOD’s Office of Personnel and Readiness told its civilian workforce to ignore the request. Related: Pete Hegseth 03/02/2025 Pete Hegseth deploys 3,000 troops and 20 combat vehicles to 'seal the border' with Mexico Pete Hegseth 02/27/2025 ‘Woman’ arrested after explosives discovered at Tesla dealership Pete Hegseth 02/27/2025 Trump encourages Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to 'fire every single' general involved in botched Afghanistan withdrawal |
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