S 21 · in committee · significant
REMOTE Act
- government reform
What this bill does
- Federal agencies must track employee computer activity including logins, connection duration, and network traffic.
- All federal employees are affected, with teleworking employees subject to extra monitoring and performance comparisons.
- Agencies must report data within 180 days for on-site staff and one year for teleworkers, published in budget justifications.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
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How should federal agencies balance monitoring employee computer activity with privacy protections for teleworking staff?
- 02
What specific performance metrics would justify the additional surveillance costs imposed on remote federal workers under this bill?
- 03
Does tracking login duration and network traffic provide reliable data to compare teleworker productivity against on-site employees?
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Sponsor · R-IA
Joni Ernst
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Introduced 2025-01-07
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Legislative timeline
2025-01-07 · senate · IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
2025-01-07 · IntroReferral
Introduced in Senate
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