Digital Government
5 top security suites for teleworkers
Agencies are requiring robust home security software for the growing number of people working from home. The GCN Lab reviews five antivirus and antispam suites that can handle the job.
People
Government lags behind industry in telework opportunities
Federal information technology workers were much less likely than their private-sector counterparts to regularly or exclusively telework despite having favorable opinions of telecommuting, according to a report released today.
People
Telework: The future is on hold
Should feds be allowed to work from anywhere, as long as the work gets done? Experts say yes without hesitation, but readers' responses are mixed.
People
Telework: Senate gives unanimous thumbs up
The Senate has unanimously approved the Telework Enhancement Act, which would give federal employees presumptive eligibility to telework and ensure that telework is part of continuity-of-operations planning.
People
Beyond telework: How the federal workplace ought to work
Federal managers need to stop worrying about where their employees are working and start focusing on what work is getting done, according to Deloitte's Anne Weisberg and William D. Eggers.
People
Workplace flexibility as the new normal
Federal managers need to stop worrying about where their employees are and more about the work that gets done, write Deloitte's Anne Weisberg and William D. Eggers.
People
How telework improves employee accountability
The oft-cited concern that teleworkers have no accountability is dead wrong, says one reader who. Tell us what you think.
Digital Government
Telework—blessing or curse?
The move to implement telework in the federal workplace suffered a setback on May 6 when the House rejected the Telework Improvements Act.
People
Telework improvements bill falls short in House vote
The House of Representatives today failed to pass the Telework Improvements Act that would direct federal agencies to name telework coordinators and to set policies to maximize use of teleworking.
Digital Government
Telework legislation moves closer to passage
A bill that would expand the opportunities for telework across the government has moved a step closer to being passed.
People
IRMCO opens with telework talk
The General Services Administration's IRMCO conference, underway on Maryland's Eastern Shore, features an array of topics and speakers.
Digital Government
Telework directive for Nuclear Security Summit signals changing times
OPM director John Berry issued a memo April 7th urging federal employees who can work at home or an alternative site to do so
Digital Government
The future of telework technology: A wish list
As teleworking grows, policies are changing and needs are increasing. Managers lay out their vision of the near future, and the technologies they'll need to get them there.
People
OPM’s latest workplace experiments
OPM’s Results-Only Work Environment is a good example of how to bring management innovation into government, writes blogger Steve Kelman.
Digital Government
Obama talks telework
The president declares that regulations and technology won't stand in the way of telework during his administration.
People
Telework bill moves forward in House
The Telework Improvements Act of 2009 (H.R. 1722) would require agencies to develop a telework program that allows employees to telework at least 20 percent of the hours worked in every two administrative workweeks.
People
OPM wants more teleworking
Teleworking by federal employees could increase by 50 percent under goals set by OPM, a new strategic plan released by the agency shows.
People
Telework: From "What if…" to "What now?"
For longtime advocates of telework in government, February's Snowmageddon was a mess just waiting to happen.
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