And of those who could, 87% of federal employees participated in telework in FY22.
Many large departments have issued similar orders in recent months to call broad swaths of their workforces back to offices.
More than half of Metro station serve federal facilities, and about a third of peak commuters were federal employees pre-pandemic.
"I’m calling on Biden’s bureaucrats to deck the agency halls with federal workers or sell off unused space," she said.
Republicans in Congress especially have sought to peel back remote work after the federal workforce was sent home during the COVID-19 pandemic.
It’s one of several recent decisions by agencies governmentwide to increase in-person work.
As federal employees in the Capital resume commutes to work, the ability to bike safely should be supported, attendees said.
Those hired under a remote work agreement are not affected by the decision.
DOJ employs more than 116,000 employees scattered across more than two dozen offices that include different legal practice areas.
Remote workers outside of the national capital region are not affected by the decision.
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