【a16z Co-founder: The D.O.G.E. Plan Promotes Federal Employees to Return to the Office】On January 16, a16z co-founder Marc Andreessen stated in a Hoover Institution podcast that the Department of Government Efficiency (D.O.G.E.) is prioritizing the return of federal employees to in-person work. He noted that the current average occupancy rate of federal office buildings in Washington, D.C. is only 25%, with many employees coming to the office just one or two days a month, and some even only coming to the office two days in two months. Andreessen mentioned that D.O.G.E.'s focus areas include optimizing staffing, reducing government spending, and streamlining regulations, and he claimed that the team has 'very smart ideas' in these areas. He also questioned whether the president has the authority to require federal employees to return to the office and stated that the prevalence of remote work poses challenges to work efficiency.