Elon Musk sowed chaos across the government just days ago by asserting that failure to comply with a similar directive would result in their dismissals.

The Trump administration sent out a second round of emails demanding federal employees summarize their work over the past week after the first effort fizzled.

Federal employees are starting to receive another email requiring them to explain their recent accomplishments, a renewed attempt by President Donald Trump and billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk to demand answers from the government workforce.

US federal workers again have been receiving an email that demanded them to outline their accomplishments, this time with a message that it would be a weekly occurrence, the Associated Press reported on Friday.