A report released by the House Oversight and Accountability Committee on Wednesday paints a damning picture of federal telework policies, accusing the Biden administration of prioritizing union demands over taxpayer interests and wasting billions of dollars on underutilized office space.
The 30-page report, released ahead of a hearing led by Committee Chairman Rep. James Comer (R-KY), slams the continuation of widespread work-from-home arrangements that surged during the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings indicate that many federal employees remain remote or telework regularly, leaving federal office buildings largely empty.
“The Biden-Harris administration has ceded too much authority to the federal union bosses, allowing their preference to work from home to take precedence over fulfilling agencies’ missions and serving the American people,” the report states.
Telework Trends Since the Pandemic
The committee’s analysis revealed that of the 2.28 million federal civilian employees, roughly 228,000 are never required to report to the office. The remaining 1.1 million employees eligible for telework spend an average of…
Read the full article here