Bombshell report reveals all Biden federal offices are less than 50% occupied, and HUD is only at 7%, after abuse of telework policies results in BILLIONS of taxpayer dollar waste

dailymail.co.uk ^ | 12/7/2023 | KELLY LACO,

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President Biden is facing criticism after a bombshell memo revealed that all federal agencies are less than 50 percent occupied

Agencies spend about $2 billion a year to operate and maintain federal office buildings and over $5 billion annually in leases

Sen. Joni Ernst is calling for the 'end' of the Biden administration allowing federal buildings to remain vacant at the taxpayers' expense

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President Biden is facing criticism after a bombshell report revealed that all federal agencies are less than 50 percent occupied - wasting billions in taxpayer dollars - over a year after he declared the COVID-19 pandemic over.

According to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) memo to Sen. Joni Ernst, obtained by DailyMail.com, not a single federal agency has over half of its workforce in the office.

That's a staggering statistic since federal agencies spend about $2 billion taxpayer dollars per year to operate and maintain federal office buildings - and over $5 billion annually in leases.

The shocking findings comes after Biden formally ended the COVID-19 emergency back in May and his chief of staff urged the return of the federal bureaucracy to in-person work by the fall. He also famously declared the pandemic 'over' in September 2022, surprising members of his own team.

The data shows an 'estimated three-month average space utilization' statistics that were collected for 24 agencies during one-week periods in January, February and March 2023.

The agency with the greatest percentage of in-office staff for the three months was the State Department at 49 percent. The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) took home the prize for the least space utilization (7 percent).

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