DHS tells staff not to reply to Musk memo, will send agency response

The Department of Homeland Secretary ordered staff to "pause" any responses to Elon Musk's recently inquiry demanding that federal employees provide a short description of their work in the week prior.

The DHS will instead send an agency response, according to a memo from Deputy Under Secretary for Management R.D. Alles shared with Just the News.

"You may have received a message this weekend from OPM [Office of Personnel Management] requesting information," the memo reads. "DHS Management will respond on behalf of the Department and all of its component offices."

"No reporting action from you is needed at this time. For now, please pause any responses outside of your DHS chain of command," it concluded.

Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) recently demanded that federal employees provide a short explanation of their work in the week prior, with some agencies fully complying and others taking a measured approach to the demand. The FBI under Kash Patel, for instance, told staffers not to respond.