Federal Work from Home Ends 1-27-25

Return to In-Person Work Executive Order 1-20-25

Heads of all departments and agencies in the executive branch of Government shall, as soon as practicable, take all necessary steps to terminate remote work arrangements and require employees to return to work in-person at their respective duty stations on a full-time basis, provided that the department and agency heads shall make exemptions they deem necessary. This memorandum shall be implemented consistent with applicable law.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/return-to-in-person-work/ 

In 2023, the federal government had 2.3 million full-time employees. Executive branch civil employment, by agency, 2023. Bar chart showing the number of federal civilian employees by branch. The top 3 are defense-military programs, Veterans Affairs, and Homeland Security.

Department           Civilian Employees

Defense                   775.1K

Veterans Affairs       433.7K

Homeland Security  212K

Justice                     114.6K 

Treasury                   98.7K

Agriculture                88K

Health Human Svc   81.3K

Interior                      63K

Soc Security             58.8K

Transportation          54.2K

Commerce                41.3K

State                         29.9K

Corp Engineers        24.9K

NASA                       17.8K

Energy                     15.7K

Excludes United States Postal Service. Defense are civilian employees only.

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https://usafacts.org/articles/how-many-people-work-for-the-federal-government/

Comments

The Work-from-Home policy was adopted because of COVID.  The Biden Administration didn’t recognize that COVID was no longer lethal.

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader