Federal workers received a second round of emails Friday asking them to report their work accomplishments even after a slew of federal agencies pushed back against the White House’s first round of mass emails,

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered all civilian Pentagon employees to respond to an Office of Personnel Management (OPM) email demanding to know what they accomplished the week prior. Hegseth’s directive comes after Pentagon officials previously instructed Department of Defense employees not to respond to a Feb.

A week after the Pentagon ordered employees not to respond to an email that originated from Elon Musk asking them to justify their employment, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a change of course on Sunday.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered all civilian employees at the Pentagon to respond to the “pulse check” email from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) after initially telling federal workers to ignore the directive.

The Defense Department revised its guidance on requiring employees to provide feedback on what they accomplished during their work week. The Pentagon’s Office of Personnel and Readiness initially directed workers to ignore an accountability measure the Trump administration launched last month at the recommendation of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.

Departments with sensitive or confidential tasks, such as the FBI or Pentagon, initially told employees to ignore the order from DOGE and OPM.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth changed course Monday when he told the Pentagon's civilian workforce to respond to an email from the Office of Personnel Management. When the OPM email first came asking federal workers what they accomplished last week,