CONGRESSMAN BISHOP OUTLINES CONCERN WITH WEEKEND DIRECTIVE FROM MUSK TO FEDERAL WORKERS

WASHINGTON – Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02), issued the following statement regarding a weekend directive issued by Elon Musk and an email from U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to federal workers urging them to email OPM what they did in the previous week and that nonresponse would be constitute resignation:

“This move is dumb, dangerous, and the result of giving access to inept and inexperienced individuals. Several agency leaders, who know better, have already told their employees to disregard Musk’s directive and the OPM email. I share their concerns that such a daily activity report, sent through unclassified channels, could compromise our national security, law enforcement, and other highly sensitive matters which would put our public safety at risk. Musk’s poorly thought-out directive does not consider workers already on approved leave or workers locked out of their systems by DOGE activity. It is a mess, and the American people deserve better.”

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