Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered all civilian employees at the Pentagon to respond to the “pulse check” email from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) after initially telling federal workers to ignore the directive.

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

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told civilian employees to comply with a request to provide five bullet points of accomplishments.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday signed a memorandum to all Defense Department civilian employees directing them to prepare five bullet points detailing their work accomplishments from the prior week.