The Office of Management and Budget recently released a memorandum essentially telling executive branch departments and agencies that they're expected to increase in-person work of federal employees.

Simultaneously, OMB tried to straddle a line recognizing the use and need of remote work, likely because the option has become important to unions that are major supporters of the Biden administration.

CRE professionals, city managers, economists, and others have been concerned about the impact ongoing reduced office usage could have on metropolitan areas, including economic activity to support a wide collection of small businesses and jobs as well as tax bases.

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