After President Trump’s return-to-office orders, some agencies are unsure how to proceed with updating their remote work and telework policies. The Government Accountability Office says the administration needs to issue new guidance to help agencies better measure the effects of their telework policies on performance. A new report from GAO also details the results of a 2024 survey, which found that remote work has positive effects on recruitment, retention and cost savings. Dawn Locke, GAO's director of strategic issues, gives us the details.

Later in the show, we dive into the latest on federal probationary periods. Agencies officially have more leeway to fire federal employees who recently started a new job. That’s after the Office of Personnel Management finalized changes to the federal probationary period. OPM says its final rule sets expectations for a high-performing federal workforce. But Jenny Mattingley, vice president of government affairs at the Partnership for Public Service, says OPM’s rule focuses on the wrong reforms for probationary employees. 

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