The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) sent Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa a response to an August 2023 request for a report on the effects of telework on the federal government, showing it increased by more than 500% during the Biden administration, the Daily Caller News Foundation exclusively learned.
Ernst sent a letter to 24 government agencies requesting a review of the issues involved with telecommuting in August 2023, with some agencies refusing to send data during the Biden administration. Ernst told the DCNF that when President Donald Trump took office, things changed.
“While the Biden administration slow walked releasing the data to hide the true extent of telework abuse, the Trump administration has made a commitment to transparency in addition to getting bureaucrats back to work,” Ernst said.
In a letter sent to Ernst Tuesday, OPM Deputy Inspector General Norbert E. Vint claimed staffing issues at the agency delayed the start of the investigation by almost a full year. The report from OPM revealed that the number of employees engaged in remote work increased by 528% from fiscal year 2019 to fiscal year 2024.
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