The new platform is called Flank Speed, and is part of the larger DOD365 cloud environment.

Also: Despite the potential for disruptions, engagement across the government was up from 68% in 2019 to 72% last year.

"In a way I’m jealous; I am thrilled that it is funded because the mechanism works and agencies need to drive change," said Suzette Kent.

Tom Vilsack said he's moving USDA back to a telework policy of allowing up to four days of remote work a week, which he rolled out in 2014 during his prior tenure.

The Navy is thinking big on its future telework suite, using more time to develop a broader set of tools that will be more integrated.

The DOD's Commercial Virtual Remote environment will remain online until June 2021, when a long-term solution will be launched.

The proposed Senate bill would require telework where possible while granting agency heads the flexibility to sanction in-person work when necessary.

Top secret NSA work will probably never be fit for telework. But, forced by the pandemic, the NSA is finding more of its less-sensitive work can be done via telework.

Now, vendors are only a video call away, any day of the week.