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According to a new audit of government employees, only 6% of federal employees work from the office full-time — and some don’t work at all.

Another example of a bloated workforce and wasteful government spending.

“Washington is still operating as if it’s March 2020,” Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA), the chair of the Senate DOGE Caucus and the report’s author, wrote.

“Just three percent of the federal workforce teleworked daily prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, six percent of workers report in-person on a full-time basis, while nearly one-third are entirely remote,” the report states.

From The Daily Wire:

Government office buildings have an occupancy rate of only 12%, yet the government spends $16 billion a year to operate them. Even the head of the General Services Administration, which manages federal real estate, works from home in Missouri.

“You may be more likely to see a ghost than a bureaucrat haunting the halls of some government buildings in Washington, D.C. these days,” Ernst continued.

Office buildings are so empty that the water supply at the office of the Environmental Protection Agency — which is tasked with ensuring clean drinking water — was left stagnant for so long that it developed dangerous bacteria, according to the audit. But unions have demanded that full individual workstations for each employee be maintained for the rare occasions they are used, in addition to demanding that members be allowed to work from home.

Elon Musk, co-chair of the incoming Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency, has signaled that federal employees should have to work from the office — and those who don’t want to can quit, resulting in a leaner government.

Ernst said, “If bureaucrats don’t want to return to work, make their wish come true.”

Elon Musk reacted to the report on X, saying “If you exclude security guards & maintenance personnel, the number of government workers who show up in person and do 40 hours of work a week is closer to 1%! Almost no one.”

More over at The Daily Wire: