Modernization
Letter: Cut telework equipment expenses by hoteling
Shared offices or hoteling is a teleworking option. One reader shares how to make it work at your agency.
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Navy opens contract to small firms
A newly signed agreement between the Navy and the Small Business Administration gives small and disadvantaged businesses more opportunities under a contract.
People
Some telework security guidelines
Telework.gov offers links to various tools, relevant guidance and legislation related to telework.
People
Letter: COOP and telework won't be issues until next disaster
A reader says continuity-of-operations planning and teleworking will not get agencies' attention until the next crisis arises.
Modernization
Letter: AtHoc not a de facto alert platform for military
A reader finds a source comment misleading about AtHoc's alert platform being a "'de facto' alert platform for the Navy and Air Force."
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OPM’s best practices for COOP
The Office of Personnel Management provides key principles for continuity-of-operations planning.
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Keeping employees in the COOP loop
Agencies examine how to engage teleworkers in their continuity of operation plans.
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GSA and AFGE sign telework agreement
The General Services Administration and the American Federation of Government Employees have agreed to a policy that lets GSA employees combine telework with alternative work schedules.
People
Letter: Pro-telework policies for feds overdue
A reader says allowing feds to telework is a way to minimize highway traffic, save money on government building space and provide fed commuters with relief from gas prices.
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House telework bill advances
Stronger language added to bill to ensure that data that is transferred to the home computers of teleworkers is kept secure.
People
Letter: Telework expansion depends tax removal
A reader writes about the barrier of taxation and how the Telecommuter Tax Fairness Act can help.
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Senate appropriators look to boost telework
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved an amendment to its Emergency Supplemental Appropriations bill that would boost federal teleworking requirements.
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Smart phones, smart leadership?
Management becomes a 24/7 job when executives,managers and supervisors get BlackBerrys.
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Letter: GSA's attention divided by telework issues
A reader asks Lurita Doan, GSA's administrator, to focus on tackling the Alliant contract and other major tasks under the agency's mission.
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Letter: Upper managers are blocking telework
A reader says Army employees have been waiting for a telework policy for far too long.
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House committee approves telework bill
The measure to expand teleworking now goes to the full House; the Senate will consider similar legislation.
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