Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) chief Elon Musk notified thousands of federal workers over the weekend that they must submit a list of five accomplishments they achieved last week by Monday at 11:59 PM or face possible firing. The memo came after President Donald J. Trump urged Musk and DOGE to be more aggressive in cutting government waste and employee redundancies across federal agencies.

Despite Musk’s order, not all federal agencies say they will comply. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Department of State, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the Department of Defense (DoD) all instructed their personnel not to comply with the order. Initially, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. informed his agency’s employees to comply but rescinded the directive late Sunday night.

Kash Patel, Trump’s new FBI director, instructed bureau personnel to ignore the order. “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,” Director Patel wrote in an email. He added, “When and if further information is required, we will coordinate the responses. For now, please pause any responses.”

Similarly, a memo sent to State Department employees stated department leadership would handle the situation. “No employee is obligated to report their activities outside of their Department chain of command,” the memo reads. Additionally, the DoD told its personnel to “pause” sending any replies to Musk, and DHS told its staff “no reporting action from you is needed at this time.”

Musk defended the move on Sunday, calling it “a very basic pulse check,” arguing: “In some cases, we believe non-existent people or the identities of dead people are being used to collect paychecks.”

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