Defense Department civilian employees will no longer have to submit a weekly “five things” productivity reports that were imposed in February, during billionaire Elon Musk’s run overseeing the Department of Government Efficiency.

Instead of the reports, the Pentagon told employees in an email on Friday, they must submit by Wednesday each week at least one idea to either curtail waste or help improve efficiency in the building.

The email, sent by acting Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Jay Hurst, was first reported by The Associated Press.

The Pentagon didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment from The Hill.

Musk, who recently stepped back from leading the White House effort to slash the federal government, announced Feb. 22 on his social platform X that federal employees would be required to start sending the Office of Personnel Management and their managers weekly reports of what they had accomplished.

He added that failure to respond “will be taken as a resignation.”

Several agencies, including DOD, the State Department and the FBI initially told employees to hold off on sending such emails, with some citing national security concerns.

Also undercutting the effort was OPM itself, which days later told top human resources officers across the government that the initiative was voluntary, according to an email obtained by The Washington Post at the time.

OPM leaders also said that the agency did not intend to do anything with the emails that employees sent.

But on Feb, 28, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed a memorandum to all Pentagon civilian employees directing them to go ahead and submit weekly, five bullet points emails.

The Pentagon’s change to its weekly efficiency emails comes after other government agencies also ended the practice, including the National Institute of Health in April.