The Government Accountability Office (GAO) said in a new report that the Social Security Administration (SSA) needs to update its human capital plan to make sure the agency can find and retain “mission-critical staff” following recent changes to SSA’s telework policies. […]

The Pentagon lacks complete and reliable data on which civilian employees are eligible for telework or remote work, limiting its ability to track and oversee those arrangements, according to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report. […]

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is doubling down on its return-to-work order, offering few exemptions from in-person directives, according to updated guidance.   […]

Members of the House Oversight and Reform Committee clashed during a lengthy markup session on Tuesday over several pieces of legislation, including bills that would expand the Trump administration’s ability to reorganize the Federal government and terminate collective bargaining agreements. […]

Despite the Department of the Air Force’s (DAF) push for a full office return by Feb. 7, the service is finding there’s not enough room to park every Airman and Guardian at their desks just yet. […]

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is advising Federal agencies to move forward with their plans to return to in-person work, despite current telework-related contracts with Federal employee unions. […]

The Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM)’s January 28 memo offering most Federal government employees the opportunity to take part in a “deferred resignation” program features as a prominent hook the right to continue pandemic-era remote working arrangements until employees leave the government. […]

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is directing agencies to revise their telework policies and start arrangements for Federal employees to work onsite full-time by the end of the day tomorrow.  […]

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday ending remote work for Federal employees and ordering them to return to the office “on a full-time basis.” […]

President Donald Trump is following through on his promise to bring teleworking Federal employees back into the office, according to the first official statement issued by his team on Monday, although it remains unclear exactly how many Feds his action might cover. […]

Democrats and Republicans on the House Oversight and Reform Committee showed deep divisions of opinion on the value of telework for Federal government agencies, and whether increased telework since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic has helped or harmed the ability of agencies to deliver services to citizens. […]

Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, reintroduced a trio of bills this week that aim to track computer usage for teleworking and in-office Federal employees, as well as relocate Federal agency headquarters outside of Washington, D.C. […]

Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., last week introduced a package of seven bills – known as the DOGE Acts – aimed at holding the Federal government more accountable for managing taxpayer dollars. […]

Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, released a report on Thursday focused on reforming government telework policies, relocating Federal employees away from Washington, and selling off underutilized government real estate. […]

Federal agencies are not consistently evaluating the impact of telework on their ability to provide services, said the Government Accountability Office (GAO) in a new report issued on Nov. 22. […]

Two key Federal workforce bills won approval from the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) today. […]

After more than a year of probing, lawmakers have finally received agency data from the White House on Federal telework numbers. […]

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued new guidance to Federal agencies on Wednesday to help them design their remote work policies and programs post-pandemic. […]

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted on Wednesday to approve two tech-related bills: the Federal Improvement in Technology (FIT) Procurement Act and the Telework Reform Act. […]

The White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has called on Federal agencies to increase in-office work to at least 50 percent of employees’ hours, yet House Republicans say they’re still not receiving enough data regarding Federal telework policies. […]

Sens. Gary Peters, D-Mich.,?chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, introduced bipartisan legislation today to increase transparency and oversight of Federal telework policies. […]

The Department of Defense (DoD) is making a change in how it addresses remote work and telework by adding new preconditions – some focusing on data classification levels – outlined in an updated telework policy that marks the Pentagon’s first formal update to the policy since 2012. […]

Members of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee are requesting additional documents and information from the White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regarding Federal agencies’ telework and remote policies. […]

The Department of the Interior (DoI) has seen an increase in overall workplace satisfaction and recruitment and retention as a result of expanded telework flexibilities, a top DoI official told members of Congress on Thursday. […]

Democratic and Republican members of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee clashed on Wednesday over whether or not current telework policies are helping Federal agencies to be more productive. […]

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is calling on the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to develop benchmarks to measure Federal office building use and get rid of unneeded space, especially with recent increases in telework. […]

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Advisory Council is calling on the agency to invest in technology that supports remote work, according to a new report by the panel’s workforce subcommittee. […]

The House Oversight and Accountability Committee’s Government Operations and the Federal Workforce Subcommittee held a hearing Thursday probing into Federal agency telework and productivity rates, and heard mostly upbeat stories from agency leaders on how pandemic-era telework policies benefited their operations. […]

Republicans on the House Oversight and Accountability Committee are keeping up their pressure on the White House for data on Federal employees’ work from home habits, and on policy changes being pursued by the Biden administration that will return more Feds to their traditional office locations. […]

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has been working to reinvent the workforce of the future by making it more inclusive, agile and engaged, and equipped with the right skills. […]