President Donald Trump backed Elon Musk’s demand that federal employees explain their recent work or risk getting fired, even as OPM said compliance is voluntary.

Agencies have provided their employees with varying information about whether to respond to the request for federal employees to provide five accomplishments from the previous week.

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