ADHe urged agencies to quickly communicate to the public any non-essential services they decide to cut — and postpone “non-mission critical functions” to limit the virus’s spread. ADThe memo was the strongest direction yet to federal leaders to put themselves on an emergency footing to fight the coronavirus. Under those plans, as many employees as possible would work from home, but government services would be substantially pared down, similar to a shutdown. He ordered agencies to “maximize” remote work for employees and thousands of federal contractors who function side by side with civil servants. by reports from constituents that some federal supervisors continue to deny telework requests from federal employees and federal contractors who have the capacity to telework and can do so while supporting agency mission-critical functions,” said the letter.

Source: Washington Post March 18, 2020 16:38 UTC