<p><strong>Requiring Effective Management and Oversight of Teleworking Employees Act or the REMOTE Act</strong></p><p>This bill directs executive agencies to track employees' computer network activity, compare the activity of teleworking and on-site employees,&nbsp;and report on any&nbsp;deficiencies in the performance of teleworking employees.</p><p>First, the bill requires each agency to establish policies to track for every employee (1) the average number of daily logins,&nbsp;(2) the average daily duration of the network connection, and (3) the network traffic generated while the employee works. This information must be collected from employees working primarily on-site within 180 days after the bill's enactment and from teleworking employees within one year after the bill's enactment.&nbsp;The bill also directs each agency to publish this data in the agency’s fiscal year budget justification materials, including a comparison of the average login rates of&nbsp;on-site and teleworking employees.</p><p>Next, the bill directs any manager who revokes&nbsp;a teleworking employee's authorization to telework&nbsp;(due to a reason specific to that employee)&nbsp;to&nbsp;document for the employee and the agency's Human Capital Office&nbsp;(1) the total number of days that the employee teleworked in the six work periods immediately preceding the revocation, (2) a narrative summary of the circumstances giving rise to the revocation, and (3) any steps the manager took to discipline the employee before revoking the employee's telework authorization.&nbsp;</p><p>Finally, agencies must report to the Chief Human Capital Officers Council&nbsp;about any&nbsp;adverse effects of telework&nbsp;policies&nbsp;on the performance of the executive agency. </p>