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• Lawmakers Urge Mandatory Telework, and OPM Highlights Defense Policy Act Pay Provisions - March 19, 2020
• Erich Wagner, Government Executive
  
  
  Democratic lawmakers in both chambers of Congress this week are urging President Trump to sign an executive order mandating that federal employees work remotely to help slow the spread of coronavirus.
  
  
  On Monday, 27 senators, led by Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., asked Trump to issue an order “immediately” to force agencies to mandate telework for as many employees as possible, arguing that the various memos from both the Office of Personnel Management and Office of Management and Budget have not been forceful enough to provoke agencies to act.
  
  
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