Today, the Department of Defense released the memorandum Guidance for Department of the Air Force Civilian Employees on Responding to the Secretary of Defense’s March 7, 2025 “What Did You Do Last Week” Email and on or about March 7, 2025, Department of the Air Force civilian employees will receive an email from the Department of Defense (email address ending in @mail.mil) requesting submission of five bullets on their previous week’s achievements. Submissions will be required on a weekly basis.

DAF civilian employees are directed to reply to the email, copying their supervisor, no later than 12:00 p.m. EDT each Tuesday until instructed otherwise. The bullets should focus on achievements that support DoD priorities. DAF civilians who also are members of the civilian intelligence community and receive the DoD email on an unclassified network will reply to the DoD email with “I will share work updates separately with my supervisor due to their sensitive nature.” Civilian intelligence community members who do not receive the DoD email are not required to reply.

Submissions must exclude classified, privileged, or sensitive information. Employee submissions may be reviewed by DoD personnel and are subject to Freedom of Information Act requests. Failure to respond may result in disciplinary action.

The full memorandum is available here and attachments here and here.