Federal Government Policy and Business

More feds are working from home. But no one has figured out whether that’s really a good thing.

The Washington Post: About half of federal employees — 1 million people — are now eligible to work from home, either full time or a few days a week. A little more than a quarter of them actually do.

That’s a huge jump from 2010, when Congress passed legislation to encourage telework to save energy and commuting costs, boost productivity and attract top job candidates, as well as overcome managers’ resistance. Telework, once unthinkable in the must-show-your-fanny-in-the-seat culture of government, is now a go-to alternative to the office on snow days. Thousands of Washington-area employees are working from home to save commuting headaches during Metro’s SafeTrack project.

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