The new memo clarifies a footnote in a Jan. 27 Office of Management and Budget announcement that said agencies should "exclude military spouses working remotely based on the Military Spouse Employment Act.

OPM issues carve-out to preserve remote-work agreements for federal workers married to active-duty military members.

Military spouses will be exempt from federal return-to-work mandates, according to a memorandum from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. The exemption follows bipartisan legislation introduced last week by U.

Federal workers who are spouses of some military and Foreign Service members are exempt from return to office policies, the Trump administration said on Wednesday. Why it matters: The administration has used executive orders and buyouts to crack down remote employees as part of its broader overhaul of the federal workforce.