#a16z co-founders call for federal employees to return to work#

a16z co-founder Marc Andreessen recently said on a podcast that his "Department of Government Efficiency" (D.O.G.E.) initiative is pushing for an increase in the number of days federal employees work from the office to improve productivity. Currently, the average occupancy rate of federal office buildings in Washington D.C. is only 25%, with many employees working from the office only one to two days a month, and some employees even working from the office for only two days in two months. Andreessen believes that this remote work model may not be consistent with the requirements of federal employee identity and questioned whether the president has the authority to require federal employees to return to the office. D.O.G.E.'s work focuses on optimizing staffing, cutting government spending and streamlining regulations, and Andreessen said the team has "very smart ideas" in these areas. Previously, Trump advisors Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy had proposed cutting $2 trillion in "government waste," with reports showing that only 6% of federal employees work in the office regularly, while Musk further pointed out that the percentage of full-time employees in the office could be as low as 1% after deducting security and maintenance personnel.