In an undated, nine-page memo, the Justice Department's Office of Inspector General announced that employees will be able to work from home two days per pay period.
In federal agencies, the mission of the internal Office of Inspector General is to investigate potential wrongdoing, conduct interviews of employees, obtain documents, and do other investigative work.
Particularly at a time such as this, allowing employees of the Justice Department's Office of Inspector General to work from home certainly doesn't advance the goal of holding its parent agency accountable, said Mike Howell, director of Heritage's Oversight Project.
"I can't think of a worse time for the Department of Justice's Office of Inspector General to be working from home than over the last few years," Howell told The Daily Signal.
With the pandemic over, getting federal workers back to the office has been a priority for Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyo., a member of the House Judiciary Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government.
"Just last month," she said, Zients "Sent an email to all the Cabinet members stating that President Biden is calling on his Cabinet to aggressively execute plans for federal employees to work more in their offices."
Although the memo from the Justice Department's Office of Inspector General is not dated, the department provided its final response to the Oversight Project on Sept. 26 based on a request earlier that month.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/10/23/amid-weaponization-concerns-doj-internal-watchdog-stays-home/
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