§6506 Reports

Summary

The Office of Personnel Management must send a report about telework in federal agencies not later than 18 months after the law started and every year after that. The report must go to the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. A copy must also go to the Comptroller General and the Office of Management and Budget. The report must say how many employees work for each agency, how many can telework, and how many telework at different frequencies (3 or more days per pay period; 1 or 2 days per pay period; once per month; or on an occasional, episodic, or short-term basis). It must explain how the data was collected, give reasons if telework changed by 10 percent or more from the prior year, set goals for increasing telework, say whether prior goals were met and what will be done if not, assess progress, describe effects on emergency readiness, energy use, hiring and retention, performance and productivity, and employee views, and share best practices. The Government Accountability Office is not counted as an "executive agency" here and must file its own report on the same schedule with the same kinds of information. Within 6 months after OPM’s first report, the Comptroller General must review OPM’s report and tell Congress how agencies are doing toward their telework goals. Each agency’s Chief Human Capital Officer, with the agency Telework Managing Officer, must also send an annual report to the Chair and Vice Chair of the Chief Human Capital Officers Council. The Chair and Vice Chair must review those agency reports, include relevant material in OPM’s annual report to Congress, and use the information for managing agency workforce strategies.