‘What did you do last week? Part II’: Trump, Musk double down on federal worker accountability with ‘new reporting rule’ – The Times of India

OPM’s second email to federal employees asks what they did last week The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is back with another demand for federal employees: Prove your worth or risk consequences. In reportedly a move spearheaded by President Donald Trump and tech mogul Elon Musk, workers across federal agencies received an email this week…

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‘No authority’: US judge blocks Trump admin’s calls for mass firings of federal workers – The Times of India

Donald Trump, Protesters (AP photo) A federal judge on Thursday ordered the US government to reverse mass firings of probationary federal employees, ruling that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) lacked the authority to direct such terminations. The decision is a legal setback for US President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s plan to downsize the…

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Elon Musk defends productivity email as ‘pulse check’ on federal workers: ‘Are they real, are they alive, can they write emails?’ – The Times of India

Elon Musk addressed concerns over last week’s controversial federal worker productivity email, insisting the directive was not a performance review but a basic check for signs of life.“I think that email was perhaps interpreted as a performance review, but actually it was a pulse check review. Do you have a pulse?” Musk said during a…

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