Pentagon orders civilian employees to submit money-saving ideas
It’s the last step in the "5 bullet points" weekly email exercise.
Meghann Myers | May 27, 2025
Personnel Civilians Pentagon White House
Updated: May 28, 10:01 a.m. ET.
After this week, Defense Department civilians will no longer have to submit an email list of five things they accomplished over the previous week, according to a Friday email from the Pentagon’s acting personnel chief, ending a requirement the Pentagon put in place back in March.
Their last email, due Wednesday, must include one idea that will “improve the Department’s efficiency or root out waste,” according to the message from Jules Hurst. It shouldn’t include anything classified or sensitive, he added.
“Your weekly emails have served as a reminder of the depth and breadth of the Department’s mission, and of how it takes a workforce of many talents to achieve our national security mission,” Hurst wrote in the email.
The “5 bullet points” exercise first came down from the Office of Personnel Management in February, an initiative by the Department of Government Efficiency, a White House advisory board.
For staff, it was one more requirement on top of existing internal weekly reviews.
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