The Department of Housing and Urban Development uses its web site to inform and update employees about community service opportunities. Employees in some agencies are permitted to post and use web site announcements or agency employee bulletins and newsletters to communicate community service information. The Office of Administration in the Executive Office of the President reported the creation of citizen service information centers in its libraries to support employees' efforts to locate suitable community service opportunities. Several other agencies reported similar programs to disseminate volunteer information to employees. Federal Employees' Contributions to Citizen Service Departments and agencies report that Federal employees are serving their communities as volunteers in virtually every capacity imaginable.
Federal employees are volunteers in schools, churches, hospitals, and hospices.
They serve in their community homeless shelters, recreation programs, and charities. Federal employees serve as emergency medical technicians, museum docents, scout leaders, soccer coaches, and volunteer umpires. Federal employees apply their varied skills to the needs and problems their communities face. They work at refurbishing homes, reclaiming polluted rivers, and rehabilitating peoples' lives. Federal employees are mentors, tutors, and fund-raisers.