The White House is directing agencies to bring federal workers back into the office more frequently in the coming months according to an internal email obtained by Axios . The email sent to Cabinet secretaries by White House chief of staff Jeff Zients cites the end of the Covid public health emergency and the benefit of increased productivity from inperson work . House Republicans have taken aim at federal teleworking policy passing the SHOW UP Act that would force agencies to reinstate prepandemic work policies . Zients directive is the strongest indicator yet that the administration believes inoffice attendance is critical for agencies to carry out its agenda with a critical election around the corner . The directive was first reported first reported by Axio . It follows the Biden administration issued guidance saying that the federal workforce needed to substantially increase inoffice work in May . It is unclear whether there will be any specific requirements for inperson attendance for federal employees to comply with the Show Up Act . The SHOW UP act . The Act would force federal workers to work more frequently. It would require agencies to work in their own offices to implement their own plans to promote more inperson activities in order to achieve their objectives. It is not clear whether it would require a specific requirement for federal teleworkers to be required by Congress. It was not clear if it would be required to work for a federal agency to comply. It does not require a requirement for a specific number of employees to work at a federal employee to work again. It has been approved by Congress to work. It’s unclear whether it is necessary to comply to meet with any of its employees to meet for any of the agencies to meet the requirements to meet its requirements to comply in-person. It will not be necessary to meet any of these.
White House asks Cabinet agencies to ‘aggressively execute’ return to in-person
