Departments with sensitive or confidential tasks, such as the FBI or Pentagon, initially told employees to ignore the order from DOGE and OPM.

Tech billionaire Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) task force quietly tried to delete its so-called "wall of receipts" after reporters identified major mistakes and falsehoods in their claimed monetary savings to the government from canceling various federal contracts.

As the head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), tasked with slashing federal spending, Elon Musk has already slashed thousands of jobs, forcing agencies to justify their budgets or face deep cuts.

Musk announced a new order in which he stated that it is "mandatory for the executive branch" to respond to the email on what they have done.