remote work

First Look

More House appropriators target federal telework, office space

The 2025 Labor, Health and Human Services and Education appropriations bill includes language specifically targeting federal telework reporting requirements.

Congress

Union calls for FDIC to ‘follow the law’ after pivot on return-to-office plans

Unions

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Teleworking DoD employees targeted by House spending bill

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Return-to-office review: Employees call for flexibility, while legislation lags

Workforce

Environmental Protection Agency Building

EPA finalizes union contract, but AFGE wary of telework’s future

Unions

GAO

3 promising pockets of success in Best Places to Work

Federal Report

Amelia Brust, Federal News Network

Senators delay federal telework bill to consider adding work-from-home supervision

Congress

IRS extends remote work pilot, in bid to ‘keep up’ with workforce expectations

Workforce

Return-to-office review: The latest from Congress, agency leaders and employees

Workforce

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Survey: Feds question the ‘why’ behind return-to-office push

Federal Report

Survey: What do feds think about return-to-office?

Workforce

Census Bureau rethinks scope of remote work policy, consolidates office space

The Census Bureau agreed to a remote work policy last December, and a remote work policy working group has been working on implementation details.

Federal Report

Federal telework, work-life balance often top issues in collective bargaining

Within federal telework concerns, days spent in the office and hoteling are two issues that have come forward in cases with the Federal Service Impasses Panel.

Unions

An aerial view of the Pentagon, in Arlington, Virginia.

DoD updates telework policy for the first time since 2012

Federal Report

The updated policy on telework is a permissive one. The biggest change – it now addresses remote work.