{"id":1992133,"date":"2023-08-05T19:02:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-05T23:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-pushes-us-agencies-to-aggressively-boost-in-person-work\/"},"modified":"2023-08-05T19:04:40","modified_gmt":"2023-08-05T23:04:40","slug":"white-house-pushes-us-agencies-to-aggressively-boost-in-person-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-pushes-us-agencies-to-aggressively-boost-in-person-work\/","title":{"rendered":"White House urges US agencies to increase in-person work aggressively."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhite-house-pushes-us-agencies-to-aggressively-boost-in-person-work%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1992133&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>White House Urges Federal Agencies to Shift to In-Person Work<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>By\u200d David Shepardson<\/p>\n<p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) \u2013 The White House is \u200ccalling for\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-whitmer-media-caught-in-another-lie-anarchist-arrested-for-plot-to-kidnap-and-kill-whitmer-hates-president-trump-trump-is-a-tyrant-video\/\" title=\"Gov. Whitmer, Media Caught in Another Lie - Anarchist Arrested For Plot to Kidnap and Kill Whitmer Hates President Trump, 'Trump is a Tyrant' (VIDEO)\">federal agencies<\/a> to\u200d embrace a more \u200cin-person work environment starting next \u200dmonth.\u200b They believe this shift is crucial in order to effectively deliver government services.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>White House Chief of Staff Jeff Zients, in an email on\u200d Friday, emphasized the importance of \u200creturning to in-person work for the \u2063well-being of their teams and to achieve better results for the \u2062American people.<\/p>\n<p>Zients stated, \u201cyour agencies will be implementing increases\u200d in the amount of in-person work for your team. This is a priority of the president \u2014 and I am looking to each of you to aggressively execute this\u2064 shift in September \u200band October.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His email was first \u200dreported on \u2062Friday by Axios and confirmed on Saturday by Reuters. <\/p>\n<p>In April, the White \u2064House Office of Management and Budget \u2064directed federal \u2062agencies to revise \u2064their workforce plans, aiming to substantially increase in-person work by government employees at headquarters offices, according to a memo first reported by Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>President Biden ended the three-year COVID-19 emergency in\u200d April.\u200d While\u200b many of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-pushes-us-agencies-to-aggressively-boost-in-person-work\/\" title=\"White House urges US agencies to increase in-person work aggressively.\">2 million civilian federal \u2063employees began working remotely<\/a> \u2062in \u200dMarch 2020, about half were required to remain in-person throughout\u200b the pandemic.  <\/p>\n<p>A review conducted by the Government Accountability Office in July revealed that 17 out of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watchdog-urges-probe-into-govt-telework-amid-fears-govt-workers-somehow-doing-less-work-than-before\/\" title=\"Watchdog: Probe into Govt Telework in Fear of Govt Workers Doing Less Work Than Ever Before\">24 federal agencies<\/a>\u200d used an estimated 25% or less of their headquarters&#8217; capacity during selected weeks in early 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The Federal Aviation Administration and Transportation Department\u2063 announced last month that they expect teleworking government employees to increase their \u2063in-person work.<\/p>\n<p>The FAA plans for \u2063employees to increase their in-office presence to\u2063 at\u2062 least three days per week by October 9, according to an email first\u2062 reported by Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>Transportation Secretary \u200dPete Buttigieg expressed \u2064the need \u2062for more in-person interaction among employees to ensure the long-term\u2064 success of the \u2064department.<\/p>\n<p>USDOT expects teleworking \u200demployees\u200c to report in person a minimum of three \u200bdays every two weeks starting\u2064 September 10\u200d and a minimum of four days per pay period starting December 3.<\/p>\n<p>Some Republican lawmakers \u200bhave been pushing for federal agencies to \u2062require more government workers to return to offices. In February, the House passed legislation to mandate federal agencies to reinstate \u200dpre-pandemic telework\u200d policies\u200b from 2019.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>  (Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by David Gregorio)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/uncategorized\/white-house-pushes-us\/attachment\/file-photo-former-u-s-president-donald-trump-faces-federal-charges\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>This week has been filled with\u2064 major headlines in the U.S. and\u2062 around the world. One America\u2019s Rachel Acenas brings\u2062 us the latest.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Gregory Angelo<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Anthony Watson<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Alex \u2062Newman<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By David Shepardson \u2063and Diane \u2062Bartz \u2063WASHINGTON \u2062(Reuters) -A\u200b U.S. judge \u200chearing the Justice Department\u2019s antitrust lawsuit accusing Google of unlawfully maintaining\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By \u2063David\u2063 Shepardson \u2064and Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. judge hearing the Justice Department\u2019s antitrust lawsuit accusing Google of unlawfully maintaining\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Thirty-seven Ericsson shareholders are suing the Swedish telecoms company for a combined \u200b1.8 billion Swedish crowns ($170 million),\u2064 saying its\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Thirty-seven Ericsson \u2062shareholders are suing the Swedish telecoms company for a combined 1.8 \u200bbillion \u2064Swedish crowns ($170 million), saying its\u2026\u200b <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The White House urges federal agencies to transition to in-person work next month, emphasizing the importance of providing government services. 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