The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) warned employees that if they choose to reply to Elon Musk’s directive to submit a list of five accomplishments for the past week, they should assume it will be read by “malign foreign actors.”
Fox News Digital confirmed that a letter sent by HHS to employees addressed an email from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) titled, “What did you do last week?” which directed federal employees to submit five bullet points detailing their accomplishments over the past week or face termination.
“In discussions with OPM officials yesterday and today, OPM has now rescinded that mandatory requirement,” HHS told its staff members. “There is no HHS expectation that HHS employees respond to OPM and there is no impact to your employment with the agency if you choose not to respond.”
But should employees choose to respond, HHS provided a set of guidelines, including responding by the deadline of Monday at 11:59 p.m.
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Elon Musk brushed off his critics at the event (Getty Images)
Other guidelines included keeping responses at a high level of generality while describing their work in a way that protects sensitive data, information that could identify others in the agency and information that could identify specific grants or contracts.
Additionally, the agency said if staffers are engaged in research or reviews, to not identify drugs, devices, biologics, therapeutics or similar items in their responses, and if they are engaged in scientific research, to not provide information giving the precise nature of the work.
“Assume that what you write will be read by malign foreign actors and tailor your response accordingly,” HHS told its staff.
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services building is pictured in Washington on Monday, July 13, 2020. (Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
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