Sun Feb 23 23:10:00 UTC 2025: ## Pentagon Defies White House Order to List Employee Accomplishments
**Washington D.C.** – The Department of Defense (DoD) has become the first major federal agency to publicly reject a White House request for federal employees to list their weekly accomplishments. In a statement released Sunday, the Pentagon instructed its civilian employees to ignore an email from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), acting on behalf of the White House’s newly formed DOGE office (details of which remain unclear).
The OPM email, sent Friday with a Monday night deadline, requested that employees detail five work accomplishments from the previous week. The email, which originated from the DOGE office, carried a warning that non-compliance would be considered a resignation. This request followed President Trump’s public call for Elon Musk, who reportedly oversees the DOGE office, to aggressively cut federal spending and personnel.
The DoD’s statement, attributed to Acting Defense Undersecretary Darin S. Selnick, asserted the department’s responsibility for its own performance reviews and would handle responses internally. It explicitly instructed employees not to respond to the OPM email.
Several other security-focused agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security, the National Security Agency, and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, have yet to publicly comment on the directive. The State Department and the FBI declined to comment when contacted. The Pentagon did not respond to requests for comment outside of regular business hours. The unusual circumstances surrounding this order and the subsequent defiance from the Pentagon raise questions about the authority and function of the newly formed DOGE office within the White House.
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