DOGE has been in the news for its role in cutting federal workers. Here's everything you need to know about it and how Elon Musk is involved.

Musk caused alarm among federal employees over an email sent on Saturday requesting that employees summarize their work.

"Consistent with President @realDonaldTrump’s instructions, all federal employees will shortly receive an email requesting to understand what they got done last week," said the post. "Failure to respond will be taken as a resignation.

Musk initially said the request was a 'very basic pulse check,' but now says it will root out 'non-existent people or...dead people' who are collecting paychecks. Several agencies are telling employees to ignore the email for now.