Federal Government Policy and Business

Everyone Seems to Want Federal Employees to Use Uber

Government Executive: In Congress and the White House, and from both sides of the political aisle, the same idea is gaining momentum to ensure federal employees spend less of taxpayers’ money: use Uber.

On Thursday, the House unanimously passed a measure with bipartisan sponsorship to require the General Services Administration to issue regulations allowing federal employees to use rideshare companies like Uber and Lyft, as well as bikeshares, for official travel. The passage came after the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee last week approved a separate bill to allow federal workers in the Washington, D.C.-metropolitan region to use ridesharing options to get to work through 2018. That bill is intended to give feds an alternative commuting option while the Washington Metrorail completes extensive system repairs and upgrades known as SafeTrack.

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