Pentagon officials told civilian employees to pause responses to the Department of Government Efficiency's (DOGE) request to report five things they did last week to keep their jobs.

X owner Elon Musk recently demanded that all federal employees send him an email outlining five things that they accomplished in the last week -- and he warned them that failure to do so would result in their termination.

The Department of Defense has instructed its personnel not to respond to a request from the Office of Personnel Management asking for a list of five things they accomplished in the last week. Federal workers across several agencies received an email from OPM asking them to document five things they accomplished in the past week,