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Much of the agency is still teleworking, but the Social Security Administration told field office employees this week it would begin to recall some to help with the mail and other workloads. But the union representing field office employees says SSA's reentry plans are light on health and safety details.
This big department has been working to raise its employee engagement score since the beginning.
Chief information officers at the Government Publishing Office and NASA have learned quite a bit this year about their agencies’ telework capabilities, and how well their employees can adapt. New policies and technology have kept business moving and made leaders rethink some moves going forward.
While many feel that returning to the office is an insurmountable challenge, the fact is agencies can use a combination of technology, processes and data to address many of these new challenges.
There are some opportunities here for agencies to stabilize their current situations while simultaneously preparing for the future.
Air Force Materiel Command is looking at all of its position descriptions, written before COVID-19, to determine if they're more conducive to telework than originally thought.
USPTO Director Andrei Iancu explained to how the telework experience helped in the pandemic when everyone was forced home. But first, Temin asked him about worldwide intellectual property cooperation.
Supporting about 70,000 students in several time zones, the Department of Defense Education Activity (DODEA) has seen its share of IT challenges. Its schools began the academic year Monday, offering both in-person and virtual classroom options.
For the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), with more than 100,000 employees around the country, the mission to move to telework, and ensure a secure remote workforce, was critical.
The pandemic has changed how government employees and their managers think about telework. For one example, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin turned to Bill Bryan, chief of the Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate.
Federal employees share personal stories on the pros and cons of teleworking.
In today's Federal Newscast, more members of Congress are calling on Citizenship and Immigration Services to delay upcoming employee furloughs at the end of the month.
DISA officials say the workscape will never look the same again now that DoD has seen what telework can do.
The Social Security Administration will indefinitely require members of the public to make appointments for in-person services that can't be done online or over the phone, the agency said in its new "resposturing plan." Telework will also continue for most employees.