Government Executive: A D.C.-area lawmaker said Friday that he believes a combination of negative perceptions of federal employees and “attitudinal and cultural barriers” in the workforce could help account for recent cutbacks to some agencies’ telework programs, and he is working to combat that trend.
In recent months, the Agriculture Department significantly curbed its use of telework, reducing the number of days an employee with an agreement can work remotely from effectively full time to about one day a week. The Education Department unilaterally excised telework—and other worker perks and protections—from its agreement with a federal employee union.
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