Measuring the 1.1 million telework-eligible workers, 61.2% of their work hours were spent in person—that is, at their traditional office or working in the field.

According to a recent study by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, every US industry other than agriculture saw a marked shift toward teleworking between 2019, the last year before the pandemic, and 2022.

As a former GS-15 division chief with the Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, I retired on Sept. 30, 2020—a few months after the COVID-19 pandemic compelled federal agencies to close their doors.

Telework employees were also allowed to escape the agency’s drug testing requirements if they were more than three hours from a test site, the probe said.

Republican lawmakers backing Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy’s Department of Government Efficiency seem to agree that telework for federal workers isn’t working out.

Parts of the U.S. government could shut down during a much-feared outbreak of bird flu unless it develops better telecommuting plans, two IT leaders told lawmakers Thursday.

Federal agencies would be required to track and report computer usage for teleworking employees under new legislation from a Senate Republican. The Requiring Effective Management and Oversight of ...

California may shift telework oversight to CalHR, raising concerns among state workers and lawmakers over timing and the use of the budget process.

Assemblyman Josh Hoover, R-Folsom, and his colleagues requested a state audit of California’s telework policies. Hoover said the audit would not be complete before the end of the year. Hector ...

Tens of thousands of Social Security Administration staffers can continue teleworking into 2029 under a recent deal signed between their union and the agency. The agreement comes as the incoming ...

The data comes from a 2024 report published by the Office of Management and Budget, which assessed telework practices in different federal agencies under the Biden administration as it worked to ...