With the Biden administration’s announcement that it will end the COVID-19 emergency status across the federal workforce and the nation by May 11, the District of Columbia is also trying to return to a prepandemic economy.
Mayor Muriel Bowser is urging President Joe Biden to do more to reinvigorate Washington’s economy, including requiring a unified return-to-work policy for all federal agencies that are housed in the capital’s once-bustling downtown.
“What we want to see is a more centralized policy,” Bowser said during a Saturday interview with Meet the Press NOW on NBC News.
While some federal agencies have recently required workers to return to their downtown offices, many others require only one day in-person or are still 100 percent telework, which is continuing to hurt the local economy, Bowser said….