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![handle is hein.crs/govepdf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: A Brief Summary of the Telework
Transparency Act of 2024 (S. 4043)
May 20, 2024
On March 21, 2024, Senators Gary Peters and Joni Ernst introduced the Telework Transparency Act of
2024 (S. 4043). The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discussed the
bill at a May 15, 2024, markup and continues to consider it. As discussed in this Insight, S. 4043 includes
provisions that could potentially increase standardization of executive branch telework, facilitate data
collection on the utilization of federal buildings and data standards for reporting telework information,
and make telework in the federal government more transparent.
Amendments to 5 U.S.C. Chapter 65
The Telework Enhancement Act of 2010, codified at Chapter 65 of Title 5 of the US. Code, generally
governs telework in executive agencies. Many of the provisions in S. 4043 would amend Chapter 65 to
provide more transparency of federal telework policies. For example, S. 4043 would direct each executive
agency head to submit a description ofthe agency's telework policy to the Office of Personnel
Management (OPM) director and publish the most recent version on the agency's website within 180 days
after enactment and as updates are made thereafter.
S. 4043 would also require OPM's telework website to include links to agency websites with telework
information. In addition, the bill would require OPM's website to include telework guidance submitted by
the Department of State (in addition to that already required for the Federal Emergency Management
Agency, the General Services Administration [GSA], and OPM). The guidance would need to be
published on OPM's website within 30 days after submission (instead of the current requirement of 10
days).
Chapter 65 currently requires OPM to provide an annual report to Congress on the status of telework in
the federal government that includes an assessment of the progress made by agencies in meeting telework
goals such as emergency readiness, energy use, recruitment and retention, performance, productivity, and
employee attitudes and opinions regarding telework. The report would additionally include assessments
of the impacts of telework on carbon emissions, the ability of the agency to dispose of or consolidate
unnecessary and underutilized space or property (including to reduce the monetary and environmental
costs of maintaining that space or property), and the agency's customer experience and service (including
backlogs and wait times).
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