Federal employees are facing unprecedented scrutiny as Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) launches a second wave of accountability emails.
If they don’t respond this time, they’re fired…or they’re not real.
At a Glance
- Federal workers received a second email from DOGE requesting weekly work summaries
- Responses will be analyzed by AI to determine job necessity
- Non-compliance with this second request could lead to termination
- President Trump praised the effort, suggesting some workers may not actually exist
- Unions and some agencies have pushed back, filing lawsuits against the directive
Ghost Workers Under the Microscope
The Trump administration is tightening its grip on federal accountability as DOGE, led by tech billionaire Elon Musk, sends another round of emails demanding employees justify their positions. This second wave comes after an initial request reportedly went largely unanswered, raising serious red flags about potential “ghost workers” collecting government paychecks without performing duties.
Get ready for Democrats to lose their minds again.
The latest email instructs federal employees to provide a weekly summary of tasks completed with a strict Monday night deadline. Unlike the first request, this one comes with clear consequences – failure to respond could be grounds for termination. The initiative aims to root out inefficiencies and potential fraud within the bloated federal workforce.
President Donald Trump has strongly endorsed Musk’s approach to government efficiency in the face of Democratic criticism, arguing that the emails serve as a basic check on whether employees are actually working. The President pointed to concerning patterns that emerged after many government employees shifted to remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“I thought it was great. We have people that don’t show up to work and nobody even knows if they work for the government, so by asking the question ‘tell us what you did this week,’ what he’s doing is saying are you actually working. And then, if you don’t answer, like, you’re sort of semi-fired or you’re fired,” President Donald Trump said.
Trump has even suggested a more troubling possibility – that some employees collecting government paychecks might not exist at all.
“Maybe we’re paying people that don’t exist,” Trump added.
And that might be exactly what’s happening.
AI-Powered Analysis and Resistance
Responses to DOGE’s emails will be processed by a sophisticated Large Language Model (LLM) capable of analyzing human language to determine if positions are necessary. The initiative is part of Musk’s broader mandate to streamline government by potentially reducing the federal workforce by up to 10%.
“Elon has cracked the code. He is now inside the agencies. He’s created these algorithms that are constantly crawling through the data. And as he told me in his office, the data doesn’t lie. We’re going to be able to get the information. We’re going to be able to transform the way the federal government works at the end of this, and that is a very exciting prospect. It is truly a revolutionary moment for the nation,” House Speaker Mike Johnson said.
Desperate times call for desperate measures…