This varies greatly from Federal agency to agency. But at least half of Federal employees are working from home. Meaning they are doing jack shiit and nothing useful.
Its the biggest scam ever.
You can kinda sorta half-ass maintain when your employees are working from home. But in a crisis or difficult situation, the Federal agency will fail. This happened during the baby formula crisis and shortage.
You think Trans Secretary ButtPlug ever physically reports to work in Washington, DC? Very rarely. He sits on his ass and rotates... at home of course.
Most people don’t have enough self-discipline to work diligently from home.
What does working from home have to do with responding to a crisis that your own agency created?