A rift appeared to open Sunday between some of President Donald Trump맥스카지노�s agency heads and Elon Musk, the billionaire tasked with reforming the federal government, over Musk맥스카지노�s demand that all federal employees state their weekly accomplishments or risk termination.By Sunday evening, leaders at the Pentagon, Federal Bureau of Investigation, State Department, Department of Homeland Security and Department of Energy had all instructed their staff not to reply to an email that federal workers received from the Office of Personnel Management on Saturday afternoon with the subject line: 맥스카지노�What did you do last week?맥스카지노�Some managers, including at the Department of Health and Human Services, instructed workers to comply with the request to send a list of five accomplishments from the past week to a generic government email address, only to later reverse course. And others simply told their staff to wait until Monday 맥스카지노� and not to reply to the note before then.The White House did not respond to a request for comment about the apparent discrepancy between Musk맥스카지노�s directive and the guidance provided by agency heads.The scramble to discern Trump and Musk맥스카지노�s exact intentions with the email added another layer of uncertainty to an already-rattled federal workforce. It seemed to set up a showdown between some agency heads 맥스카지노� who were appointed by Trump himself, and who are all considered loyalists to his cause 맥스카지노� and Musk, who has paid little mind to the strict chains of command that dictate life within the federal bureaucracy.Amid the confusion, Musk showed no sign of easing up.맥스카지노�EXTREMELY troubling that some parts of government think this is TOO MUCH!!맥스카지노� he wrote Sunday on X, the platform he owns. 맥스카지노�What is wrong with them??맥스카지노�Musk맥스카지노�s efforts faced criticism from Republicans over the weekend, including from Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, who highlighted what she called the 맥스카지노�absurd weekend email.맥스카지노�맥스카지노�If Elon Musk truly wants to understand what federal workers accomplished over the past week, he should get to know each department and agency, and learn about the jobs he맥스카지노�s trying to cut,맥스카지노� Murkowski wrote on X.Overnight and into Sunday, senior officials at every agency worked to provide their employees guidance on how to proceed. Among the first to advise against responding was Kash Patel, who was just sworn in as FBI director at the end of last week.맥스카지노�The FBI, through the Office of the Director, is in charge of all of our review processes and will conduct reviews in accordance with FBI procedures,맥스카지노� Patel wrote. 맥스카지노�When and if further information is required, we will coordinate the responses. For now, please pause any responses.맥스카지노�By Sunday, a flurry of other agencies 맥스카지노� many tasked with protecting the nation맥스카지노�s safety and national security 맥스카지노� followed suit, even as Trump suggested online that he was still behind the plan.맥스카지노�The Department of Defense is responsible for reviewing the performance of its personnel and will conduct any review in accordance with its own procedures,맥스카지노� acting Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Darin Selnick wrote Sunday. 맥스카지노�When and if required, the department will coordinate responses to the email you have received from OPM. For now, please pause any response to the OPM email titled 맥스카지노�What did you do last week.맥스카지노�맥스카지노�Multiple senior Defense Department officials told CNN the email thrust their weekend into chaos as they tried to determine what to tell employees about how to respond.맥스카지노�It is the silliest thing I맥스카지노�ve seen in 40 years and completely usurps the chain of command,맥스카지노� one official said. 맥스카지노�That might be done elsewhere, but in the DoD it맥스카지노�s not done.맥스카지노�Homeland Security personnel received a message from the department맥스카지노�s deputy under secretary for management, R.D. Alles, telling them not to respond for now, according to an email obtained by CNN.맥스카지노�DHS management will respond on behalf of the department and all of its component offices,맥스카지노� the email, dated Sunday, reads. 맥스카지노�No reporting action from you is needed at this time. For now, please pause any responses outside of your DHS chain of command.맥스카지노�And the State Department informed its far-flung workforce that they, too, were not obligated to respond.맥스카지노�The State Department will respond on behalf of the Department. No employee is obligated to report their activities outside their Department chain of command,맥스카지노� an email sent late Saturday from the acting Undersecretary of Management said.The Department of Health and Human Services told employees Sunday morning that the email was legitimate and that staffers should read and respond to it by the 11:59 p.m. ET Monday deadline. But the agency reversed its guidance on Sunday afternoon, telling employees to 맥스카지노�pause맥스카지노� activities in answering the email.Employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration, which are part of HHS, had already been told by individual agencies to wait until Monday for more guidance on how to respond. On Sunday afternoon, staffers at these divisions received the email from HHS telling them to pause responding.Not all of Trump맥스카지노�s appointees overseeing federal workers handling sensitive information were as straightforward or reticent.Ed Martin, the interim D.C. U.S. attorney who has publicly tried to curry favor with Musk, told his prosecutors맥스카지노� office they could choose to comply, in general fashion.맥스카지노�We are happy to be participate,맥스카지노� Martin wrote on Saturday. 맥스카지노�Please respond to the HR email carefully with regard to confidentiality and our duties. Be general if you need to. If anyone gives you problems, I맥스카지노�ve got your back. You맥스카지노�re good.맥스카지노�The prosecutors in the office would regularly handle work on matters that may not be classified, but could be protected under grand jury secrecy, under seal by the court or are protected from disclosure for other reasons.Across the sprawling federal workforce 맥스카지노� from Secret Service agents to federal judges to air traffic controllers to diplomats 맥스카지노� employees spent Sunday reckoning with yet another upheaval at the hands of Musk and his team.This time, the impetus appears to have been Trump맥스카지노�s request, made on social media, for Musk to get more 맥스카지노�aggressive맥스카지노� in his attempts to overhaul the federal government.It didn맥스카지노�t take long for Musk to reply with his plan to demand workers provide an accounting of their last week맥스카지노�s work. In a post on X, he said anyone who didn맥스카지노�t respond would be fired. Hours later, when the emails began hitting federal inboxes, there was no mention of the ultimatum.Even as the confusion across the workforce became clear, Trump showed little sign he was backing off the plan. He posted a 맥스카지노�SpongeBob SquarePants맥스카지노� meme that ridiculed the situation. 맥스카지노�Got done last week,맥스카지노� the image read, followed by a list of five bullet points: 맥스카지노�cried about Trump, cried about Elon, made it into the office for once, read some emails, cried about Trump and Elon some more.맥스카지노�For many senior officials, the episode underscored what has so far been relatively unchecked power by Musk to dramatically reshape the federal government.With Trump맥스카지노�s blessing and encouragement, Musk맥스카지노�s team of young engineers has embedded itself at a host of agencies, gaining access to sensitive databases and demanding career workers justify their continued employment.For the most part, the secretaries and department heads named by Trump have offered little objection to Musk맥스카지노�s efforts, and instead offered encouragement to see their buildings investigated and reformed.But privately, questions have lingered over just how expansive Musk맥스카지노�s power has become, and whether he should have ultimate say in how federal agencies 맥스카지노� many with their own intricate systems 맥스카지노� should be run.By Sunday, even some Republicans had voiced opposition to Trump맥스카지노�s plan.맥스카지노�If I could say one thing to Elon Musk, it맥스카지노�s, 맥스카지노�Please put a dose of compassion in this. These are real people. These are real lives,맥스카지노�맥스카지노� Sen. John Curtis of Utah said in a Sunday interview on CBS맥스카지노� 맥스카지노�Face the Nation.맥스카지노� 맥스카지노�It맥스카지노�s a false narrative to say we have to cut, and you have to be cruel to do it, as well. We can do both.맥스카지노�