For thousands of federal employees for whom travel is a part of the job, the coronavirus is a new threat.
The Office of Personnel Management instructed agencies to ensure their employees are "telework capable," amid growing concerns over the coronavirus. Telework-eligible Air Force employees at the Pentagon will conduct a "capacity test" Friday to ensure they're equipped to work remotely.
Lobotomizing of federal telework programs could be happening for a couple of reasons but the coronavirus is presenting a new test of that trend.
Are government CIOs prepared to rollout adequate disaster recovery and business continuity plans in the event of a nationwide shutdown of state capitol or federal office campuses?
Is this maybe not the best time for government agencies to be cutting back on their telework programs? Can you say coronavirus?
In today's Federal Newscast, the Office of Personnel Management has more ideas to help the federal workforce prevent the possible spread of the coronavirus.
There are some things, persons, places, food, sports teams etc., that people either love or hate. Take teleworking.
In today's Federal Newscast, three senators want the Government Accountability Office to evaluate the process non-citizen service members go through to become naturalized.
Social Security Administration leadership met with employees Monday to announce a series of changes to existing telework policies, but the new arrangements vary widely across the agency and depend on an employee's component -- and whether or not an employee is part of a specific bargaining unit.
New-to-Washington political appointees, hoping to dilute or eliminate teleworking in their agencies, maybe got a dose of reality this week.
Federal agencies in the Washington, D.C., area are operating as normal Wednesday, following an early departure the day before, due to snow.
The Office of Personnel Management is dismissing federal employees in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area four hours earlier than their normal departure times due to anticipated snow in the forecast.
For much of the federal workforce in 2019, what employees thought they knew about their pay, benefits, workplace flexibilities and even the location of their offices in some cases, were in flux.
In today's Federal Newscast, the Office of Personnel Management makes some clarifications about President Trump's declared day off on Christmas Eve.
The 2020 spending bills urge the Social Security Administration to reinstate its telework program for operations employees, but they're silent on collective bargaining protections and funding for the Bureau of Land Management's upcoming relocation.