Feds Have Adapted to Two Years of the COVID-19 Pandemic
b'On March 15, 2020, then-Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget Russ Vought sent a memo calling for all DC-area federal agencies to offer maximum telework. The memo did not have a timeframe in mind for maximum telework.\\xa0
Two years later, many public servants are still working remotely. COVID-19 variants have come and gone. A push to develop a vaccine turned into a push to get as many Americans vaccinated as possible. Despite case numbers, states are removing mask mandates and, during the State of the Union, President Joe Biden promised feds will be back to in-person work.
To mark the anniversary of the memo, GovExec Daily looked back at two years of the pandemic\\u2019s effects on the lives of federal employees, managers and the world.\\xa0
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Join GovExec Daily on Clubhouse on March 17 to discuss the two years of COVID-19 telework!