# Assessment of the Department’s Reconstitution Plans Following COVID-19
> **Inspection / Evaluation** by Department of Education OIG · 2020-12-14
> *About: Department of Education*
## Report
- **Title:** Assessment of the Department’s Reconstitution Plans Following COVID-19
- **Submitting OIG:** Department of Education OIG
- **Component agency:** Department of Education
- **Type:** Inspection / Evaluation
- **Publication date:** 2020-12-14

## Summary

The objective of our inspection was to assess the U.S. Department of Education’s (Department) plans and procedures for returning employees to the federal office in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, including what existing guidance the Department considered when developing its plans and procedures. We found that the Department generally incorporated available guidance, which was intended to provide for a safe and gradual return to federal offices, in its Workplace Reconstitution Transition Plan (Reconstitution Plan).


## Recommendations

- **Rec 1.1** (Closed): We recommend that the Acting Assistant Secretary for OFO ensures that the Department’s Reconstitution Plan addresses anti-retaliation, including practices for ensuring that no adverse or retaliatory action is taken against an employee who adheres to…
- **Rec 1.2** (Closed): We recommend that the Acting Assistant Secretary for OFO ensures that the Department reassesses the self-screening questions and updates the information in the Reconstitution Plan as necessary, or includes a link to relevant CDC guidance in the self-…
## Source
- [oversight.gov report page](https://www.oversight.gov/reports/assessment-departments-reconstitution-plans-following-covid-19)
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