Return-to-work order created ‘panic’ among military-spouse federal workers

She had a great federal job—with the Defense Department, for which she’s worked for more than 20 years—when her husband got orders to Hawaii. She found another suitable DOD job right away, though she took a pay cut. A few years later, when her husband got orders back to the mainland, she asked her boss whether they wanted to keep her, working remotely, just until they found someone new.Months later, she’s still working remotely in the old job. So when President Trump on J