US Capital Sputters As Federal Workers Stay Home – By Daniel Avis (IB Times) / June 10, 2023
Washington’s role as the US capital makes it reliant on government workers for its economic success — and many are choosing to stay home, perhaps for good, leaving vast federal offices empty and the city struggling.
From restaurants hosting federal lobbyists to world-class cultural centers, the city’s fortunes have long been tied to the government employees who operate the machinery of the state.
Now, more than three years after the Covid-19 pandemic forced the United States government to rely on telework, long-term remote work is having painful consequences for the local economy.
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