Also some positions don't really lend themselves to listing "accomplishments". E.x. what's the guy running the scanner at the airport supposed to write down?
> chain of command… If they are part of the executive branch and the president or one of his delegates ask for it, they are in the chain of command.
> guy running the scanner…
My guess is that guy probably won’t have a “government email address” and if he does, he responds with “I worked xx shifts for xx hours running the scanner at the airport per my prescribed job duties requires.
That’s just propaganda, though. If this was happening, it’d be known to their management and the IT department could just run a report, and it’s not plausible that someone is going to do a better job checking a couple million emails arriving into a shared inbox with no other context. If you’re worried about slackers, you’d want to look at what they actually produce rather than their self-assessment.
However, it doesn’t matter if there is a better way to test this belief…this is the way they chose to do it and they are the ones get to decide on the “how”.
Now, if the goal is producing propaganda, it does make sense. That doesn’t need rigor, they just need a big number to toss out claiming that there are people collecting paychecks but not working. When it later turns out that, say, the big number was explained by people who weren’t scheduled to work on Monday or whose training includes not responding to messages outside of their chain of command, they won’t care because they’ve already moved on to the next batch.
Where are you getting this is the purpose? It certainly wasn't spelled out in the email. Sending an email on a weekend when they wouldn't be expected to check their email is an odd way to go about it.
> If they are part of the executive branch and the president or one of his delegates ask for it, they are in the chain of command.
Which one of his delegates is asking for this? It's again not been communicated in any way under whose authority this is being done. Elon tweets are not official communication and depending on the hour of the day he's either in charge or has no authority.
> My guess is that guy probably won’t have a “government email address” and if he does, he responds with “I worked xx shifts for xx hours running the scanner at the airport per my prescribed job duties requires.
Your guess is wrong. All employees of the federal government get an email address. And many contractors. Your reply doesn't sound like 5 bullet points as required by the email.
Straight from the horse’s mouth: https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1893657900851278115
> which one of his delegates…
Does it matter? Apparently the email was official. Also, Musk is an SGE and he gets a level of authority with that designation.
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/13/nx-s1-5293124/special-governm...
> Your guess is wrong…
Is it? You sound confident but do you have a source?
Yes it does. Chain of command isn't a thing that just exists in Trumps head. He has to actually put people in a position to give instructions.
How is a random government employee supposed to know this is an "official email" not a phish without even knowing who it's from? How do they know what information they are authorized to share? Just because something isn't classified doesn't mean it can be shared with anyone.
> Also, Musk is an SGE and he gets a level of authority with that designation.
Per your article SGEs can be granted the authority of normal employees. They don't magically get authority over the entire federal government. Court filings by the administration say he hasn't been granted any and serves only as an advisor.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/white-house-says-musk-is-not-d...
> Is it? You sound confident but do you have a source?
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1893386883444437415?mx=2
Where do you think "all federal employees" are receiving that email?