DOGE’s Elon Musk is calling on federal employees to document their work or resign. In an appearance on Fox News today, Governor Jeff Landry says he conducted a similar exercise when he was Louisiana’s Attorney General. Landry says he called on employees at the state department of justice to reapply for their job and explain their duties.
“Of course we had some push back and we had some people who left and quit and didn’t want to tell us, so they left, and that gave us an opportunity to trim the dead wood out there,” Landry said.
Landry says in his first year as attorney general in 2016, the state was facing a budget crisis and the governor at that time John Bel Edwards called on state agencies to find efficiencies. Landry says it led to a more productive Department of Justice.
“What we ended up with was a core group of people that really enjoyed the work they were doing and we empowered them, we gave them an opportunity for finding the efficiencies in the government and we rewarded them,” Landry said.
At least three federal agencies have told their employees to ignore Musk’s request. The FBI, the State Department and the Pentagon have said they oversee reviewing the performance of their personnel.
Landry says federal workers concerned about losing their job shouldn’t worry, if they are productive.
“If you are doing the service that you were hired to do, you never have to worry about losing your job, if you are at work and performing those services than there’s no problem,” Landry said.
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