Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are determined to force federal employees to return to the office in hopes that some will opt to quit instead. That effort is going to affect some agencies – and workers – much more than others.

One of their biggest targets is dramatically cutting the number of federal employees. A top booster of President-elect Donald Trump, billionaire and Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk has long called for an end to remote work. And through his position within the ...

Only a handful of government employees spend their days writing or even enforcing rules. The vast majority distribute benefits or provide direct services to the public.

Follow updates on Trump’s cabinet and staff picks. Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, the co-leaders of what President-elect Donald J. Trump has called the Department of Government Efficiency, said on Wednesday that they supported requiring federal employees to work from the office five days a week as part of a broad overhaul of the civil service.

Incoming Trump administration advisers Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy floated ending remote work for federal workers, calling it a “privilege” left over from the pandemic.