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One of President-elect Donald Trump’s Day One priorities will be instructing all of the 2.1 million career federal workers — most of whom work most of the time from home — to either show up at their official duty stations or else find new jobs outside of government.
Federalemployeeunions,whichhavebeenworkingfeverishlysinceTrump’smassiveNovember5reelectionvictory,havealreadysecuredatleastoneagreement,withtheSocialSecurityAdministration(SSA)thatprotectsthatagency’semployees’teleworkingaccessforanotherfiveyears.
Earlierthismonth,Sen.JoniErnst(R-Iowa)demandedthatPresidentJoeBideninstructfederaldepartmentandagencyheadstostopanysimilarnegotiationsthatmaybeunderway.Inareportshereleasedatthesametime,theIowaRepublicansaid:
“Bureaucratshavebeenfoundinabubblebath,onthegolfcourse,runningtheirownbusiness,andevengettingbusteddoingcrimewhileontaxpayers’time,”thereportstated.“MembersofPresident[Joe]Biden’sownCabinetclaimedtobeontheclockwhilebeingoutofofficeandunreachable.
“Just3percentofthefederalwor
