More than one million federal employees have responded to Elon Musk’s directive requiring them to submit a bullet-point list of their weekly accomplishments, according to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.
Leavitt defended the initiative, saying, “It’s a simple task. If you can’t list five things you did last week, then what are you doing?” Musk initially set a deadline for responses but later extended it, stating that employees who failed to comply would get “one more chance” before being considered for termination.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 25, 2025
While Trump praised the effort as a way to “expose government inefficiency,” several federal agencies, including the FBI and the Department of Defense, instructed staff not to respond due to sensitive work. Trump acknowledged this, saying their refusal was “friendly, not combative.”
Despite controversy, Musk doubled down on the policy, posting a meme mocking bureaucracy and calling non-responders “incompetent.” The White House confirmed that individual agencies will determine consequences for those who still refuse to comply.
