>> I can understand that level of remote work for a company that is built for it from the ground up. But at the Federal government level that's a stretch. The

>> I can understand that level of remote work for a company that is built for it from the ground up. But at the Federal government level that's a stretch. The 2020 pandemic happened and practically all jobs that could go fully remote did. After the pandemic ended, many jobs kept some level of remote work as an option. How is it "a stretch" to think that federal government desk jobs could be any different from private sector / corporate desk jobs in terms of remote work? If the desk job workers can VPN in and attend meetings over MS Teams, Zoom, etc. they can still work as they did during the pandemic. Just as is the case with many businesses (e.g. Amazon), return to office mandates are less about efficiency and more about control over workers. If remote work is less efficient, the business production metrics should show this. What do the business production metrics show? The same would be true for federal government desk jobs. Where is the data that supports this decision?