US government workers who have been buffeted by President Donald Trump\u2019s chaotic return to power face more uncertainty on Monday, when many of them will be required to justify their jobs to Elon Musk, the chainsaw-wielding billionaire tasked with slashing the federal budget.<\/p>\n
Musk\u2019s demand for the nation\u2019s civil-service workers to submit a summary of their work by 11:59pm Eastern time (9:59am PKT) has opened up fissures in Trump\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n
Agencies like the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Federal Communications Commission have told employees to comply.<\/p>\n
But many others, including the Departments of Defence, Homeland Security, Education and Commerce, have ordered workers not to respond.<\/p>\n
The Department of Health and Human Services told its workers to cooperate, then later told them to hold off while it figured out how to \u201cbest meet the intent\u201d of Musk\u2019s unusual directive.<\/p>\n
Workers at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau also received Musk\u2019s email, even though they have been already ordered to cease working.<\/p>\n
Musk, the world\u2019s richest person, has led a downsizing effort that has laid off more than 20,000 workers and offered buyouts to another 75,000 across wide swaths of the 2.3-million strong civil service, from bank regulators to park rangers.<\/p>\n
In some cases, the government has scrambled to re-hire workers who perform critical functions like nuclear weapons oversight and bird flu response.<\/p>\n
Trump\u2019s administration said late on Sunday it would fire 1,600 workers at the US Agency for International Development and put nearly all remaining personnel on leave. Trump has already halted almost all of the agency\u2019s funding and operations, throwing global humanitarian relief efforts into chaos.<\/p>\n
The mass firings have suddenly thrust financial insecurity on workers who had counted on their jobs to provide a secure income.<\/p>\n
Charles Farinella, a fired IRS agent in New York, said he was trying to figure out whether he should cancel an upcoming dentist appointment because he has not been told whether he still has coverage through his job.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know what I\u2019m going to do at this point in time. I might have to look to sell my house, because I don\u2019t have a severance or anything,\u201d he said. \u201cI feel pretty much devastated.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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