{"id":10961,"date":"2020-03-05T19:34:02","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T19:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/03\/05\/house-democrats-to-reintroduce-bill-protecting-federal-telework\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:34:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:34:05","slug":"house-democrats-to-reintroduce-bill-protecting-federal-telework","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/congress\/2020\/03\/05\/house-democrats-to-reintroduce-bill-protecting-federal-telework\/","title":{"rendered":"House Democrats to reintroduce bill protecting federal telework"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Federal employee telework programs will receive a boost of congressional support March 5, as Reps. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., John Sarbanes, D-Md., and Jennifer Wexton, D-Va., plan to reintroduce legislation that would prohibit mass cuts to federal telework and encourage agencies to instead expand their programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Telework Metrics and Cost Savings Act would prohibit across-the-board cuts to telework availability, require agencies to notify Congress of any plans to reduce telework, require agencies to set annual goals for telework participation, and direct the Office of Personnel Management to establish uniform guidance for how agencies measure telework and its cost savings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Connolly, now is an ideal time to remind agencies and the public of why telework is such an essential tool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe coronavirus is just a critical reminder that part of that necessary infrastructure in that kind of pandemic \u2014 for the federal government and for the private sector, for that matter \u2014 is the continuity of operations [plan],\u201d Connolly told Federal Times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou do not have a COOP without a robust, vigorous telework program in place.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Agencies have been encouraged to include telework in their COOP plans, which supersede normal telework policy at an agency in the event of an emergency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Though OPM has been outspoken about the benefits that telework can offer an agency, both during emergency situations and normal operations, several agencies, such as the Department of Education and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/management\/2019\/11\/06\/deeper-challenges-lurk-under-ssas-plan-to-remove-telework\/\" target=_blank>Social Security Administration<\/a>, have moved to severely curtail telework programs in the name of increased efficiency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe attitude of the administration with respect to telework is antediluvian. They\u2019re culturally bound with this notion that \u2018if I can\u2019t see you, you\u2019re not working.\u2019 And that\u2019s just not true,\u201d said Connolly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe know that, from studies, telework improved productivity and, as long as it\u2019s structured, it can be extremely effective. It also is necessary for the next generation of federal workers. 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