Pentagon’s Return-To-Office Mandate: One Month Later, Employees And Agencies Navigate Workforce Shifts

WASHINGTON — It has been just over four weeks since the Pentagon’s return-to-office (RTO) order took effect, requiring thousands of Department of Defense (DoD) employees within 50 miles of their official duty stations to report to in-person work five days a week. The policy, part of a broader federal initiative to increase in-office presence, has…