2024-118 State Telework Policies
Although In-Office Work Has Benefits, a One‑Size‑Fits‑All Approach to Telework Is Counter to State Policy and May Limit Opportunities for Significant Cost Savings
Published: August 12, 2025
Audit Recommendations Disclosure
When an audit is completed and a report is issued, auditees must provide the State Auditor with information regarding their progress in implementing recommendations from our reports at three intervals from the release of the report: 60 days, six months, and one year. Additionally, Senate Bill 1452 (Chapter 452, Statutes of 2006), requires auditees who have not implemented recommendations after one year, to report to us and to the Legislature why they have not implemented them or to state when they intend to implement them. Below is a listing of each recommendation the State Auditor made in the report referenced and a link to the most recent response from the auditee addressing their progress in implementing the recommendation and the State Auditor’s assessment of auditee’s response based on our review of the supporting documentation.
Recommendation to the Legislature
Recommendation 1
If the Legislature would like to achieve some of the potential savings that we have identified in our assessment of the use of office space under teleworking conditions, it should amend state law to require departments to identify positions that can successfully telework three or more days per week and to offer this level of telework to those employees. The law should also require these departments to then reduce their overall office space usage, if prudent, such as by consolidating office space in state-owned buildings and ending leases in commercially owned buildings.
Agency response status:
Pending
Recommendation to the California Department of General Services
Recommendation 2
To facilitate departments in measuring whether their telework programs benefit the State and its employees, DGS should update the statewide telework policy to provide guidance for departments to follow when evaluating their telework programs’ effectiveness in meeting the goals of the statewide telework policy.
Agency response status:
Pending
