Government

Bryan Wants All Gov't Employees Back to the Office. 'I'm Getting Too Many Complaints of Phones Not Being Answered.'

Governor Albert Bryan says he wants all government employees back at government offices once restrictions are eased to levels established prior to the Omicron surge, the governor's contention being he has been fielding too many complaints from community members regarding non-responses from gov't offices. "I'm essentially ready to just take it back to how it was before the Omicron surge," the governor said during an interview with the Consortium Sunday, referring to Covid-induced restrictions. "I want all the government employees back to work so we're going to definitely do that. I want everybody, everybody — I don't care what it is, you got to come into work." Mr. Bryan said the plan is to get everyone back into the office, and thereafter decisions can be made on incorporating a plan that includes both remote and in-person employment. "Once we regroup and we get everybody back into work, then we could look at sending people out to do remote work again because I'm getting too many co...