Texas Scorecard by Joseph Trimmer March 14, 2025
More than 2,000 Harris County employees work from home while federal, state, and Houston’s city governments return to the office.County Commissioner Tom Ramsey said this week that Harris County has more than 2,000 employees working from home, including some living far away from Harris County.
Meanwhile, President Donald Trump, Gov. Greg Abbott, and Houston Mayor John Whitmire have all ordered their government employees back to the office.
According to Ramsey, some county departments have 98% of staff working from home.
“You try to get a hold of somebody, and you end up finding out they work in Austin, or they work in Dallas,” Ramsey told Fox 26.
Ramsey said it took county bureaucrats six months to give him the work-from-home numbers. Commissioners ordered the county administrator to review the telework policy on August 27 last year.
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