Tom Temin Commentary

Tik Tok Rules

Should feds even have TikTok on their personal devices?

Banned on federal devices, is TikTok even safe to use on personal devices of federal employees?

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Amelia Brust, Federal News Networktelework, work from home, home office, federal employees

Hey, you at home, are you working or just jiggling your mouse?

It’s happening slowly, but telework policy and real estate needs are starting to gel.

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(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)FILE - This March 22, 2013 file photo, shows the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington. The Internal Revenue Service is recalling about 46,000 of its employees furloughed by the government shutdown, nearly 60 percent of its workforce, to handle tax returns and pay out refunds. The employees won't be paid. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Still ‘sorry wrong number’ for beleaguered IRS

IRS phone operators bear the brunt of taxpayer ire. But phone staff didn’t create the problem everyone lives with.

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FILE - The U.S. Capitol dome is seen from a window in the Cannon House Office Building at the Capitol in Washington, June 21, 2022. Federal regulations run through American life, touching on everything we consume, the air we breathe, the water we drink. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Another federal pension fix buried in the NDAA!

Goodies keep surfacing in the nearly 4,000-page National Defense Authorization Act.

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