{"id":78281,"date":"2025-02-24T18:45:10","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T18:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2025\/02\/24\/va-staff-told-to-reply-to-musks-what-did-you-do-last-week-email\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T16:16:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T16:16:45","slug":"va-staff-told-to-reply-to-musks-what-did-you-do-last-week-email","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/veterans\/2025\/02\/24\/va-staff-told-to-reply-to-musks-what-did-you-do-last-week-email\/","title":{"rendered":"VA staff told to reply to Musk\u2019s \u2018What did you do last week\u2019 email"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/2025\/02\/24\/va-secretary-emphasizes-reforms-accountability-for-federal-workforce\/\" target=\"_blank\">Veterans Affairs leaders<\/a> are instructing department employees to respond to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/air\/2024\/12\/19\/air-force-secretary-elon-musk-not-a-warfighter-needs-to-learn-more\/?utm_source=facebook&#038;fbclid=IwY2xjawHSZGlleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHW22ZSoM0gdFJP_bvuRhjrZ0S6HMgGyjtyyQxdGmS0b0HXIjJuKB03nrhw_aem_mm-ykUm8bu1CMl-_ETs0vw&#038;contentQuery=%7B%22includeSections%22%3A%22%2Fhome%22%2C%22excludeSections%22%3A%22%22%2C%22feedSize%22%3A10%2C%22feedOffset%22%3A25%7D&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;contentFeatureId=f0fmoahPVC2AbfL-2-1-8&#038;utm_campaign=fb_mt\" target=\"_blank\">billionaire Elon Musk\u2019s <\/a>controversial \u201cWhat did you do last week?\u201d email over the weekend despite moves from other government agencies to pause any engagement with the directive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Saturday, the Office of Personnel Management sent an email to more than 2 million federal workers with the subject line \u201cWhat did you do last week?\u201d demanding a five-point summary of their accomplishments last week to justify <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/02\/21\/pentagon-plans-to-cut-5400-probationary-workers-starting-next-week\/\" target=\"_blank\">their continued employment<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Musk, who has an undefined leadership role within President Donald Trump\u2019s new administration, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1893386883444437415\" target=\"_blank\">posted on social media<\/a> that workers\u2019 failure to respond to the email by Monday evening \u201cwill be taken as resignation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The move drew confusion and concern among federal worker groups, lawmakers and outside advocates. By Monday morning, numerous agencies \u2014 including the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI \u2014 had instructed staffers not to reply to the message.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/veterans\/2025\/02\/24\/va-secretary-emphasizes-reforms-accountability-for-federal-workforce\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-2194532748.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">VA secretary emphasizes reforms, accountability for federal workforce<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">In his first public address to a veterans group, Doug Collins outlined plans to broaden VA benefits and cut back bureaucracy.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But leaders at the Department of Veterans Affairs, which has nearly 480,000 employees, have instructed their workforce to compile summaries of their accomplishments last week and get their responses in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a message to the workforce Monday, VA Chief of Staff Chris Syrek verified the email is \u201cvalid\u201d and cautioned workers that \u201cin responding to the email, please do not send any classified, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or personally identifiable information, links or attachments.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Staffers were also asked to copy their immediate managers on their responses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No information was given on what will happen to VA workers who fail to respond, or whether individuals with limited access to email \u2014 like surgeons or staff on leave \u2014 will be punished for nonparticipation. 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