In a win for remote contractors, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) expressed its continued preference for remote work under its contracts. In a memorandum issued earlier this month, the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (OUSD) asked contracting officers (COs) not to specify “unnecessarily restrictive contract places of performance” for contractors. Specifically, the memorandum directs COs to allow “place of performance flexibility,” including telework and remote work options, to the “maximum extent practicable.”
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