@charliekirk11: 85% of the federal workforce works from home and only have to come in ONE DAY a month? On any given day, only 17% of the federal workforce is in a federal office building working. Many HOLD OTHER JOBS. It's one giant looting operation and US taxpayers are their mark.
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Not to mention the risk to national security due to using unsecured systems linked to the internet. Not a good idea.
I do support work for a bank so not national security but still very sensitive data. They hated the idea of anyone working outside of physically secured premises. In the end they had to moderate that attitude because of cost (getting support people to the office in the middle of the night is not cheap) then of course the fake pandemic sealed the working from home deal.
We're fully remote now and I like working from home. Do I goof off? Well yes if things are quiet but I would have done that in the office anyway.
Where state actors are concerned, especially China, remote work is an Achilles heel. If places like China are able to hack sensitive on site facilities like the US government, it is even easier for them to hack off site data due to its inherent lack of security. Think of the ramifications to multiple sectors of our cyber infrastructure, including finance and business. There already has been severe breaches of critical information in the business sector. China has no problems with cyber espionage and outright theft of intellectual property. The effort to cut costs and acquiescence to changing attitudes about the work place may be our very undoing. The recent uptick in breaches from foreign actors may only be a drop in the bucket for what may be coming.
A person has to be very disciplined to remote work. But, I do agree that the idea of working from home does have its advantages. My field unfortunately does not allow that option - direct patient care. Although in medical support areas like insurance billing and coding, there is quite a bit of it now being done remotely. I have a cousin that does medical coding at home. It works great for her so primarily so she can supervise the care of my aunt and uncle who are in their 90s. Have a great day fren.
PIV cards used in Government-issued computers show when you are logged in and go into sleep mode after, say, 15 minutes of inactivity. The worker accesses emails, video chats/IM, conference calls, training resources, etc. Yes, it IS possible to do a 40 hour week teleworking and get the job done.
There is no doubt that work can be done remotely if one thinks just about the work itself. The risk comes into play because remote access increases the points to which data breaches can occur. It is much easier from a security standpoint to have data more centralized. I fear that our technology that has opened the door for more flexibility in the work place may at the same time be our Achilles heel.