A lot of federal agencies would melt down if they halted remote work. The campuses are already underprovisioned for existing staff, half the time workers show up they can't even find a parking space, and this is with large numbers of them working remotely.
This reminds me of the big show the GOP made of halting hiring for federal employees a few years back. In reality, it made zero difference in federal staffing levels, it merely moved the headcount to contractors which cost taxpayers dramatically more in payroll expenses.
The GOP intention is to make as much government work done by contractors as possible, because it allows more public funds to go directly to crony capitalists, makes the government more expensive, and makes the government worse at it's job. These are all goals of the current republican party.
This reminds me of the big show the GOP made of halting hiring for federal employees a few years back. In reality, it made zero difference in federal staffing levels, it merely moved the headcount to contractors which cost taxpayers dramatically more in payroll expenses.