Federal public servants face stricter four-day office requirement as food options remain scarce

The federal government's four-day in-office requirement reached its one-week mark on Monday, giving public servants at Tunney's Pasture another day to confront one of the campus's oldest problems: scarce food options.

Workers across the sprawling government complex now face the challenge of finding affordable lunch choices without leaving the grounds—a chronic shortage that grows more acute as more staff are required to work from the office rather than home.