‘Get again to work’: Home Oversight to tackle authorities telework in 1st listening to of latest Congress

The listening to, titled the “Stay-at-Home Federal Workforce: Another Biden-Harris Administration Legacy,” is scheduled to happen on Wednesday, Jan. 15 at 10 a.m. 

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Martin O’Malley, the previous commissioner of the Social Safety Administration; Rachel Greszler of the Financial Coverage Innovation Heart; and president of the board of the Federal Metropolis Council Tom Davis are set to testify. 

Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., chairman of the Home Oversight and Accountability Committee, argues a degree on the Capitol in Washington, D.C. (AP Photograph/J. Scott Applewhite)

O’Malley, earlier than the tip of his tenure, locked in telework agreements for 42,000 Social Safety staff till 2029. 

Dawn gentle hits the U.S. Capitol dome on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025, because the 119th Congress begins. (Invoice Clark/CQ-Roll Name, Inc through Getty Pictures)

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“It’s past time for the federal workforce to get back to work in-person for the American people,” he stated. “The House Oversight Committee remains committed to ensuring federal employees show up for the American people they serve.” 

In response to a Senate report authored by Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, the federal authorities at present owns greater than 7,000 vacant buildings and practically 2,500 buildings which can be partially empty. 

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The report states that authorities buildings at present common an occupancy price of 12%. 

In the course of the listening to, the committee plans to look at how the Biden-Harris administration “failed to return federal workers to the office,” and stated that failure might “hinder” the incoming Trump administration’s skill to convey them again, attributable to long-term ensures of telework in offers signed with federal worker unions. 

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