At first a response to extreme weather, the 2010 Telework Enhancement Act prepared agencies for a different type of disaster ...

OPM officials say that eventually this telework data could be used instead of the current methods of gathering data from agencies, but GAO says that OPM will need to implement the rest of the ...

The Office of Personnel Management is escalating its fight against agency staffers’ telework and remote work practices, with acting Director Charles Ezell writing in a memo Monday that eligibility ...

Federal agencies are taking differing approaches to telework tools, but OPM has advised agencies to make sure their workforces are ready to engage in remote work. As the federal government marshals a ...

Acting Office of Personnel Management Director Charles Ezell called on agency leaders in a new memo to immediately change their telework policies to require federal employees to be in the office full ...

In June, the Office of Personnel Management will kick off a work anytime, work anywhere pilot initiative. As noted in Government Executive: Under the Results-Only Work Environment program, nearly ...

WASHINGTON — Federal agencies should consider expanding telework opportunities for workers as part of their response to Metro’s upcoming year of rebuilding that is expected to only worsen the ...

The Office of Personnel Management is asking agencies to rethink their approach to work in light of lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic.

OPM highlights the fiscal benefits of telework. While challenging to quantify precisely, the report estimates at least $150 million in savings across government agencies in 2022. GET FOX BUSINESS ...

When OPM created its guidelines for telework in 2001, it failed to clarify what it meant for employees to be allowed to telework or what constituted an eligible employee, the GAO report found.

Sens. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., introduced the Back to Work Act, a bipartisan bill that seeks to limit telework for federal employees to no more than 40% of their workdays per ...

Latest FEVS results: Almost 70% of federal employees still telework, OPM poll finds. This year, as part of its modernization efforts, OPM is expecting more of the data to be available digitally.