Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has directed all department civilian employees to respond to emails from the Office of Personnel Management asking them to list their achievements in the past week.

Concerns about classified material being sent in bulleted lists was part of the pushback from agency heads against the DOGE directive. They were also concerned about how the information would be

The Defense Department initially told employees to "pause any response" to OPM's request for a list of their work accomplishments.