§6506 Reports

Summary

OPM must produce a yearly report about telework at every executive agency. The first report is due within 18 months of this law taking effect. OPM works with the Chief Human Capital Officers Council to make the report. OPM must send it to the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and give copies to the Comptroller General and the Office of Management and Budget. The report must show how many employees there are, how many can telework, and how many telework at four frequency levels (3 or more days per pay period; 1–2 days per pay period; once per month; and occasional/short-term). It must say how the data were collected, explain any year-to-year change of 10 percent or more, set goals for increasing participation, say whether prior goals were met and what steps will be taken, assess progress and effects on things like emergency readiness, energy use, hiring and retention, performance, productivity, and employee views, and list best practices. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is not treated as an executive agency for these reports. The Comptroller General must send the same kind of annual report about GAO’s telework program to the same two congressional committees, and within 6 months after OPM’s first report must review that OPM report and tell Congress how agencies are doing toward the goals in section 6504(b)(2). Each year, each agency’s Chief Human Capital Officer, with the agency’s Telework Managing Officer, must report to the Chair and Vice Chair of the Chief Human Capital Officers Council about efforts to promote telework. The Council leaders must review those agency reports, use relevant information in OPM’s annual report to Congress, and use it for managing human capital.