Trump Admin Orders Agencies to Submit Detailed Return-to-Office Plans for Federal Employees

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Federal agencies have been ordered to submit detailed plans for implementing Trumpโ€™s in-person work requirement for their employees.

Federal agencies have been directed to submit detailed return-to-office implementation plans for their workforce, according to a Monday memo implementing President Donald Trumpโ€™s order for federal employees to return to in-person work.

The memorandum, issued jointly on Jan. 27 by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), lays out specific requirements for agencies to develop comprehensive strategies to ensure compliance with Trumpโ€™s Jan. 20 presidential memorandum (PM) requiring agency heads to terminate remote work arrangements, with limited exceptions.

โ€œTo facilitate the consistent implementation of this guidance across agencies, OMB and OPM direct all agencies to prepare implementation plans that describe their approach to fully complying with this PM and overcoming any constraints in achieving full compliance,โ€ the memo reads.

The memo directs agency heads to prepare implementation plans for Trumpโ€™s order and submit them by Feb. 7. The plans should outline steps to revise telework agreements, provide timelines for the return of eligible employees to in-person work, and describe processes for addressing exceptions to the return-to-office mandate due to medical or other compelling reasons. Agencies are also directed to identify any risks or barriersโ€”including resource constraintsโ€”that would prevent the quick return to in-person work.

The memo prioritizes the return of headquarters staff and employees located near federal offices, followed by phasing in the return of remote workers who are located over 50 miles away from a current agency office. It also calls for maximizing existing federal space before acquiring new properties, as part of the Trump administrationโ€™s broader effort to streamline government operations.

The memorandum implements Trumpโ€™s return-to-office mandate, which requires all federal agencies to order their employees back into the office on a full-time basis โ€œas soon as practicable.โ€

Itโ€™s unclear what percentage of federal employees currently work from home. A recent report from Sen. Joni Ernstโ€™s (R-Iowa) office claims that just 6 percent of federal workers report in person on a full-time basis, while nearly one-third are entirely remote.

Byย Tom Ozimek

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