DC Area Federal Employees Encouraged to Telework Starting Today
OPM is encouraging federal employees in the Washington, DC area to telework or use leave in anticipation of Inauguration Day activities.
Telework
Feds in DC: Five Days Off With One Day of Leave
Many federal employees in the Washington, DC area will have two holidays in one week in January 2021.
Is It Time to Tax Telework?
Telework has grown sharply during the pandemic, and a tax on remote workers has been pitched as a way to level the workforce playing field.
FedSmith Readers Think Telework is Sustainable Long Term
Is telework a viable long-term options for the federal workforce? FedSmith readers think it is.
Is Telework a Viable Long-Term Option?
2020 saw an unprecedented boom in telework thanks to the coronavirus, but is it a realistic long-term option for the federal workforce? Here’s your chance to weigh in.
Senators Introduce a Second Bill in Push to Expand Telework
Three Senators are making a second legislative push to expand telework for federal employees during the coronavirus pandemic.
Senators Continue Push for More Telework
More lawmakers are continuing to make their case for keeping federal employees on telework to protect them from the COVID-19 coronavirus.
Is Telework’s Recent Success Proof That Agencies Should Be Moved Out of Washington?
One Senator says that the success of federal employees teleworking during the pandemic is proof that federal agencies don’t need to be in the DC area.
FedSmith Readers Say They Are Afraid to Return to Work in Their Offices
A majority of respondents to our latest survey say it’s too early for federal employees to stop telework and that they do not feel safe returning to the office.
