A memo asked agencies to provide a justification for providing relocation benefits to employees who live more than 50 miles from worksites.

Directives to end WFH arrangements are leaving some federal employees confused and scrambling to rework their lives. Why it matters: The clock has started. Following President Trump's orders, the Office of Personal Management (OPM) gave federal workers roughly a month's heads-up to be back in the office full-time.

Agency heads have until Feb. 7 to deliver implementation plans, which should include details on revised telework and collective bargaining agreements.

The Trump administration OPM and OMB offices went on a memo blitz on Monday, including directing agency leaders to pause federal grants and to deliver return to office plans.

The United States Coast Guard has issued a warning order directing all personnel to prepare for a return to full-time, in-person work,

The acting head of DHS told the department's executive team it has 30 days to execute his order and ensure all employees are in compliance with the new policy.

Trump’s freeze this time around is set to expire after 90 days, though agencies will first have to submit plans—in consultation with OMB and Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency—to permanently reduce their rolls through efficiencies and attrition. The Internal Revenue Service will face a longer freeze, per Trump’s order.

The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted 13 to 2 on Monday night to advance Noem’s nomination to the Senate floor.

The Trump administration has said that just 6% of federal employees now work in person. But according to an August report from the Office of Management and Budget, among federal workers eligible for telework — and excluding those who are fully remote — roughly 61% of work hours are now in person.

The Department of Homeland Security has issued a memo to all employees announcing the closure of the agency’s diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility offices, and ending any remaining DEI-related contracts.

By close of business Wednesday, diversity, equity and inclusion offices within the federal government will shut down; email accounts will be suspended.

Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Benjamine Huffman on Monday evening ordered all DHS employees back to work, following an executive order from President Donald Trump on his first day in office, according to an internal memo obtained by ABC News. The order effectively and abruptly ended teleworking at the department.