According to this report, A paltry 6% of the federal workforce “report in-person on a full-time basis” while almost one-third of federal workers are remote on a full-time basis, in a sharp turn-around from the pre-pandemic era in which only 3% teleworked daily, a report from Sen. Joni Ernst’s (R-Iowa) office found. Ernst, who has long crusaded against the rise in remote federal work, is planning to reveal the fruits of her office’s year-and-a-half inquiry to Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) co-heads Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy during their visit to the Capitol Thursday.
“The nation’s capital is a ghost town, with government buildings averaging an occupancy rate of 12[%],” Ernst wrote in the blistering report. “If federal employees can’t be found at their desks, exactly where are they?”
“President Biden is setting the example. He was out of office 532 days over the last three-and-a-half years, about 40[%] of the time he was expected to be in the Oval Office.”
Her office collaborated with Open the Books, a non-profit group that advocates for government transparency for taxpayers and claims that the Biden administration redacted the “work locations of over 281,000 rank-and-file federal employees.” Leasing and maintenance costs for federal office buildings as well as the tab to keep them running is about $15.7 billion annually, according to her report.
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I think they should keep remote workers, which saves the agency money, and dump all the buildings. That's where the costs are enormous.
ReplyDeleteI'm employed by a university that manages property for the DOE, Empty offices and even buildings ,essentially empty. Newest building onsite, 1/3 lab,-2/3 cubicles. "Cubicle floors" have been empty since covid... Where is that waste fraud and abuse hotline? We need it.
ReplyDeleteBefore COVID when I called the VA Medical Center regarding appointments, prescriptions or to speak with the nurse I would get connected to the on site person who could act on my request. Since COVID when I call I get someone sitting at home with the TV blaring and kids crying or yelling in the background. And it's usually an obvious DEI hire who can barely speak standard English. All the contact does is take a message to have someone who can actually act on my need to call me back. It's an unnecessary layer of bureaucracy that creates jobs for the barely employable and makes it more difficult to actually get anything done.
ReplyDeleteElon says he watched Office Space - do a Melvin, just quit paying the ones that don't show up and see what happens.
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