Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) demanded that the heads of 24 federal agencies immediately cease negotiations with employees regarding ...

Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, last week unveiled the results of her office’s investigation into telework at federal agencies, but despite her bluster, the report failed to uncover any systemic abuse ...

Three percent of the federal workforce teleworked daily before COVID-19. Now, only 6% of workers report in-person full time.

Ed Tibbetts, of Davenport, has covered politics, government and trends for more than three decades in the Quad-Cities. A ...

U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst doesn't think enough emphasis is being placed on the "office" component of "office work" in the federal bureaucracy.

Already, key Republicans in Congress are looking ahead to further investigations into federal telework options for agency ...

Senator Joni Ernst’s (R-Iowa ... The alignment between Ernst’s telework criticisms and DOGE’s objectives raises questions about her motivations. DOGE leaders Musk and Ramaswamy have openly ...

Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, chair of the Senate GOP Policy ... In her letters, Ernst laid out that 90% of telework-eligible federal employees are still working from home and only 6% report they are ...

Joni Ernst of Iowa on Dec. 5 released a report criticizing ... The remaining 46%, about 1.1 million employees, were telework-eligible, meaning they could work remotely unless they chose to go ...

Senator Joni Ernst’s (R-Iowa ... The alignment between Ernst’s telework criticisms and DOGE’s objectives raises questions about her motivations. DOGE leaders Musk and Ramaswamy have openly ...