Updated
Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 12
SEC Report Finds 3 Employees Golfed During Work-From-Home Hours
Updated
Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 12

SEC Report Finds 3 Employees Golfed During Work-From-Home Hours

2 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 12

Summary

  • Three SEC employees were found to have played 18 holes at a public golf course while claiming they were working from home, according to an inspector general report obtained through a FOIA request.
  • One employee resigned and two were suspended after investigators confronted them with evidence last year, the report said.
  • The SEC inspector general’s probe ran for nearly three years—from January 2022 through December 2024—showing the agency devoted a lengthy investigation to the misconduct.
  • The full 11-page report was disclosed this week after the watchdog announced in March that it had completed the investigation.

Insights

With feds caught golfing on the clock, how is the government really tracking its remote workers?
Is telework abuse a major source of government waste, or a distraction from much larger fiscal issues?
As agencies push a return-to-office, are they ignoring telework's proven economic and environmental benefits?