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Leaders on the Oversight and Accountability Committee are now turning to OMB to try to get deeper details on federal telework.
The Labor Department’s initial return-to-office plan, originally set to take effect on Jan. 28, would have required telework-eligible employees to report in person at least five days per pay period.
Telework and return-to-office changes at agencies were far from the only pivot for the federal workforce in 2023.
Even more trends from the 2023 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey results have appeared in OPM’s deeper dive report, assessing the perspectives of federal employees.
Federal News Network is compiling a list of agencies that have so far made return-to-office announcements for their employees. The list will be regularly refreshed as we learn more.
Jason Miller, the deputy director for management at the Office of Management and Budget, said for 2024, OMB is naming four new high-impact service provider agencies and expanding initiatives like pooled hiring.
The Oversight hearing comes after months of pressure from committee leaders for agencies to share more granular data on federal telework and productivity of employees.
DHS wants to increase meaningful in-person work, but “the range of workplace flexibilities has, and will continue to, look differently across the department,” DHS' CHCO writes.
NSF said it “deeply values” employee feedback, but the agency has no intentions of altering its return-to-office plans, and instead plans to work with AFGE to solidify “additional flexibilities.”
After something like 8,000 Federal Drive with Tom Temin interviews over the years, I really can't name a single favorite. This past week, though, the most fun interview was with two federal employees whose function I almost never interview — public affairs.
The Federal Aviation Administration is rethinking its return-to-office plans, following pushback from its unions.
Most DHS employees can't telework, but Senate appropriators are evaluating the "impact" of alternative work arrangements across homeland security components.
As many other agencies announce decreases to telework, the Government Publishing Office is taking a different approach to the future of work.
Agencies are hatching return-to-the-workplace policies one by one, and none of them quite match