The Trump administration told federal agencies they don't have to direct workers to comply with Elon Musk's request for information about their activities at work.

The memo asks agency heads to develop plans for reductions in force and reorganization that include plans to promote efficiency through tech modernization.

A rift appeared to open Sunday between some of President Donald Trump’s agency heads and Elon Musk, the billionaire tasked with reforming the federal government, over Musk’s demand that all federal employees state their weekly accomplishments or risk termination.

A judge on Thursday granted a restraining order against the Office of Personnel Management, saying it illegally ordered thousands of job terminations of certain federal employees and must retract its directives and dealing a blow to President Donald Trump’s efforts to slim down the government quickly and dramatically.

The White House is not saying much when asked about the change in OPM policy relating to the five bullet point order from Elon Musk. A White House official said "DOGE is moving fast, at the direction of POTUS,

Since Elon Musk threatened federal workers with firings if they didn't list five work accomplishments, Trump tells them they're "on the bubble" if they don't comply.

The judge said that the Office of Personnel Management had no authority to order government organizations to fire workers.

A San Francisco judge slammed the Office of Personnel Management over its demand for various department agencies to cut probationary workers.

Donald Trump mocked federal workers upset over Elon Musk’s push to reduce government jobs. Posting on Truth Social, Trump used a SpongeBob SquarePants meme to ridicule complaints about a controversial Office of Personnel Management (OPM) email.

A federal judge ruled that the terminations at agencies including the Department of Defense were probably illegal.