{"id":17259,"date":"2021-04-22T19:11:01","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T19:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/04\/22\/telework-has-a-bright-future-under-potential-opm-management\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:43:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:43:47","slug":"telework-has-a-bright-future-under-potential-opm-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/2021\/04\/22\/telework-has-a-bright-future-under-potential-opm-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Telework has a bright future under potential OPM management"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Federal agencies embraced significant telework in the last in order to ensure safety for employees during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, but the nominee for the head of the Office of Personnel Management also sees the practice playing an important role in the federal government of the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m very much in support of the opportunities that telework and remote work would provide, and if confirmed as OPM director, that would definitely be something I would be leaning into,\u201d nominee Kiran Ahuja<\/a> told members of the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee April 22.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even prior to the pandemic, federal employees that took advantage of telework reported greater satisfaction<\/a> with their jobs and a greater ability to remain productive. Agencies like the Department of Transportation found that many work units improved<\/a> in performance after pandemic-response telework measures were implemented.<\/p>\n\n\n