EPA Grudgingly Embraces Telecommuting Amid Pandemic
03/18/20 • 13 min
The EPA under the Trump administration has frowned upon allowing its own employees to work from home—that is, until a global pandemic suddenly changed the agency's mind.
On this episode of Parts Per Billion, reporter Stephen Lee talks about the EPA's approach toward telework, how the coronavirus has altered that approach, and about the Trump administration's attempt to bring private-sector management philosophies into the government.
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The EPA under the Trump administration has frowned upon allowing its own employees to work from home—that is, until a global pandemic suddenly changed the agency's mind.
On this episode of Parts Per Billion, reporter Stephen Lee talks about the EPA's approach toward telework, how the coronavirus has altered that approach, and about the Trump administration's attempt to bring private-sector management philosophies into the government.
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Parts Per Billion - EPA Grudgingly Embraces Telecommuting Amid Pandemic
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Can you make a podcast while working from home? Sure? Of course? Can you protect the environment? Well, we're about to find out. Today on Parts Pervilion, we asked the question can EPA employees do their work when they can't go to work? Hello, and welcome to what I think will be a very interesting episode of Parts Pervillion. I'm your host, David Schultz, and like probably many, if not most of you, I am working from home. It goes without saying,
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