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Hey everybody , uh , here at the 

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Defense Department we've got a lot of 

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civilian patriots who dedicate 

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themselves to defending this nation 

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while working here at the Department of 

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Defense . And a lot of them , many of 

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them , most of them are critical to our 

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national security . And as we work to 

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restore focus on DOD's core war 

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fighting mission under President 

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Trump's leadership , we recognize that 

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we cannot accomplish that mission 

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without the strong and important 

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contributions of our civilian workforce , 

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but it's a really big workforce as well 

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which we recognize . Now on February 

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22nd of this year , OPM sent an email 

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to all federal civilians asking them to 

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provide , you remember this , 

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approximately 5 bullets of what they 

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did last week describing their 

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accomplishments . Well , the Department 

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of Defense employees received uh 

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direction to at first just initially 

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pause responding to this request to OPM 

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just to pause . Now , as we said , 

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following a review of Pentagon 

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procedures and consultation with the 

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Office of Personnel Management , 

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because we do , we work on topics of 

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national security of sensitivity of 

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classification , we needed to be 

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careful on that front . I am now 

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directing each member of the 

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department's civilian workforce , just 

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civilian , to provide those 5 bullets 

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on what they accomplished in their 

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specific jobs last week , uh , to reply 

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to that email and CC their immediate 

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supervisor . It's a simple task really 

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as as uh Elon said , as the president 

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recognized in our first cabinet meeting , 

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just a pulse check , are you there out 

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to DOD civilians now all those DOD 

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civilians will receive an email 

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outlining the next steps , we get that 

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email soon that they need to take in 

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order to comply with this initiative , 

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uh , and then the reports will be 

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consolidated internally within the 

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department . To comply with the OPM 

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directive , it's really simple and 

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straightforward . The directive to 

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civilian employees will be clear , 

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reply to the email , CC , uh , your 

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supervisor , uh , provide without any 

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uh classified or sensitive information . 

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Basic topics of what you did last week , 

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uh , and that we will take that into 

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consideration as we make sure we're 

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being uh as focused and as tailored as 

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possible in looking at how we 

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streamline our workforce to both meet 

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the fiscal demands at the moment but 

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also ensure we have the uh the 

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strongest , most viable fighting force 

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in the world . Thanks .