U.S. 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.

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

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said on Sunday he is now directing all department civilian employees to respond to emails from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) asking for a recap of what they did the week prior.

In a video posted to X by the DoD, Hegseth specified that only civilian workers should reply to the email and CC their "immediate supervisors."

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is directing the civilian workforce at the Pentagon to respond to the Office of Personnel Management’s request for a list of their accomplishments for the past week.