Partnership for Public Service statement on OPM’s ‘What did you do last week?’ email to federal workers 

February 23, 2025

The nonprofit, nonpartisan Partnership for Public Service today released the following statement from President and CEO Max Stier in response to OPM’s email to all federal employees ordering them to summarize their accomplishments for the week in five bullet points or face termination:  

“OPM’s email on Saturday is yet another example of the new administration’s contempt for public servants and public service that will lead to further confusion, anxiety and waste.”  

“Demanding federal employees to summarize their work week in five bullet points by Monday evening or face termination is a counterproductive distraction that OPM legally cannot even act on. Our government’s main mission is to serve the public and keep us safe, and unnecessarily terrorizing the two million workers responsible for this ultimately puts us all at risk. There are many strategic, productive ways to make our government more effective that don’t involve scaring our civil servants, and I urge DOGE and OPM to instead partner with them and consult their deep expertise in their efforts to reform our government.” 

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