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Commerce tells workers to answer DOGE ‘five things’ email as job security fears rise

By Nick Robertson ( February 24, 2025, 19:59 GMT | Insight) -- The Commerce Department instructed its employees, including those at the US Patent and Trademark Office, to answer a controversial email from the Department of Government Efficiency demanding they list “what they did last week” or else be placed on leave, according to a message seen by MLex. Multiple other cabinet-level agencies have resisted the request.Employees at the Commerce Department — including at the US Patent and Trademark Office — must respond to an email from the Department of Government Efficiency listing what they did last week by the end of the day, Commerce said today....

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