Title 5 — Government Organization and EmployeesRelease 119-73not60

§6505 Telework Managing Officer

Title 5 › Part III— EMPLOYEES › Subpart E— Attendance and Leave › Chapter 65— TELEWORK › § 6505

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

Each executive agency must name an employee to be the Telework Managing Officer. That person must sit in the Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer or a similar office. The Telework Managing Officer must focus on creating and carrying out telework policies. They must advise agency leaders (including the Chief Human Capital Officer), help managers and employees, and act as the agency’s main contact with the Office of Personnel Management on telework. The officer must be a senior official who can talk directly to the agency head and may also hold another agency job.

Full Legal Text

Title 5, §6505

Government Organization and Employees — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)The head of each executive agency shall designate an employee of the agency as the Telework Managing Officer. The Telework Managing Officer shall be established within the Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer or a comparable office with similar functions.

(b)The Telework Managing Officer shall—

(1)be devoted to policy development and implementation related to agency telework programs;

(2)serve as—

(A)an advisor for agency leadership, including the Chief Human Capital Officer;

(B)a resource for managers and employees; and

(C)a primary agency point of contact for the Office of Personnel Management on telework matters; and

(3)perform other duties as the applicable delegating authority may assign.

(c)The Telework Managing Officer of an agency shall be a senior official of the agency who has direct access to the head of the agency.

(d)Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit an individual who holds another office or position in an agency from serving as the Telework Managing Officer for the agency under this chapter.

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Citation

5 U.S.C. § 6505

Title 5 — Government Organization and Employees

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60