The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) informed agency leaders that employee response to an email asking for a recap of what they accomplished last week is voluntary and that failure to do so will not be considered a resignation.

The guidance given to the human resources officers at every agency undercuts a Saturday push from Elon Musk demanding all federal employees send five bullet notes of what they accomplished in the week prior by 11:59 p.m. EST Monday or face removal.

“This afternoon, OPM during a Chief Human Capital Officers Council meeting, informed agencies that employee responses to the OPM email is voluntarily,” according to an email obtained by The Hill.

“OPM also clarified that a non-response to the email does not equate to a resignation.”

OPM did not immediately respond to request for comment.

The guidance from OPM to human resources leaders comes amid a turf war between agency leaders and Musk.

Several departments have

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