NASA tells workers to pause replies to DOGE Email demands

Managers at various NASA groups are telling employees to hold off on responding to an email sent on Elon Musk’s orders asking people to describe what they had accomplished the previous week.In an email sent to team members of NASA’s Space Operations Mission group, managers said they are working guidance and hoped to provide additional information by early Monday on how employees should respond to ensure they “are in compliance.” It also said it would figure out how to track employees who are traveling or on leave. The communication acknowledged that this came “during an already stressful time,” according to the email, seen by Bloomberg. But it said employees should “try to continue to enjoy your weekend.”

An email from a manager sent to engineers at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston instructed employees to “PAUSE on any response to the subject email” and cautioned people to be vigilant “to not disclose proprietary or pre-decisional information to unknown recipients without a need to know.”
Managers at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Ohio and at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California also sent out emails to employees instructing them to hold off on replies and await more instructions on Monday. A NASA spokesperson said the agency was “anticipating sending some guidance to our workforce tomorrow,” but did not provide further details.On Saturday, employees across the federal government received an email titled “What did you do last week?” asking people to respond with five bullets of things they did the week before. Musk, who spearheaded the email through his Department of Government Efficiency, posted on X that failure to respond “will be taken as a resignation.”