“Office of Personnel Management Director Dale Cabaniss on Tuesday issued additional guidance on how agencies should prepare for the novel coronavirus outbreak, reiterating the need to expand the use of telework to maintain operations.”
“In recent weeks, OPM, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health have all highlighted the importance of telework in keeping both federal workers and members of the public safe from COVID-19. But several agencies that have severely restricted workers’ ability to work remotely in recent years have yet to take action.”
“In a memo to agency heads, Cabaniss wrote that agencies “must” incorporate telework…” Read the full article here.
Source: OPM Issues Additional Coronavirus Guidance, Encouraging Telework, Reduced Travel – By Erich Wagner, March 5, 2020. Nextgov.
