U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is urging President Joe Biden’s top personnel heads regarding plans to bring federal workers back to the office.

In a letter addressed to the heads of the office of Personnel Management (OPM), the General Services Administration (GSA), and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) the senators express concern that the agencies have not instituted plans to transition federal workers back into in-person responsibilities.

“We are writing to express our concerns about the lack of federal agency work plans to transition federal workers back to in-person operations,” the senators wrote. “We respectfully request that you take effective and safe action to transition federal agencies back to the physical workplace to ensure they can adequately serve the public.”

The letter follows legislation the senators filed in February that would direct federal agencies to submit a comprehensive plan for resuming in-person work, titled the RETURN Act.

The senators’ efforts are in response to complaints from constituents who have been unable to access federal services despite repeated calls from the President and Congress for federal agencies to resume in-person operations.

“Many of our constituents, particularly those in rural communities and areas without broadband, lack adequate access to federal services. It is time to reopen all in-person essential services for the benefit of the American public,” the senators wrote.

Read the full text of the letter here.