Federal Government Reentry Plan Deadline
Biden administration sets mid-July deadline to finalize agency reentry plans
“Agencies have until July 19 to submit employee and contractor reentry plans to the Office of Management and Budget, the Biden administration said Tuesday. Agencies must finalize their plans for both reopening offices and setting post-reentry procedures and policies by that date, the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force, in collaboration with OMB, the Office of Personnel Management and the General Services Administration, said in an email. Those final plans will build on draft reentry plans, which agencies are supposed to submit to OMB by June 18. Agencies can, in phases, bring more employees and contractors back to their work sites after completing their final reentry plans, satisfying collective bargaining obligations and giving the workforce advanced notice, the task force said.”
One of the very few “new normal” changes I would like to see continue is a greater acceptance of remote work for positions that can support it, even if it’s just allowed one or two days a week. Here’s hoping that the feds set an example.
ARC has been working since June in small groups with return to work plans. In the last 2 weeks the mask and 6ft. rule have been lifted for those 2 weeks past their final vaccination.