Musk defends work productivity report requirement amid cold shoulder from FBI’s Patel

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Elon Musk is on a campaign to convince skeptics his plan for increasing federal productivity is a good idea. 

After rolling out a policy where government employees are required to write up a weekly email report on what they accomplished during the previous seven days or else resign, Musk, who heads President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency, faced pushback from several federal departments, including the FBI. 

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