People
Letter: Some managers resist telework
[Management] at top levels say they are for it, however, they deny it at almost every opportunity except at the highest levels -- GS-11 and above -- because the rules say it [requires] their approval.
People
Letter: Telework programs need leaders with vision
Many are put in positions because they were next in line and/or with little or no management and leadership experience/education.
People
Letter: Performance monitoring is critical for efficient government teleworking programs
In the private sector, if employees don't produce, they are canned. If the workforce doesn't produce, management gets canned or the company goes under. With feds there is no such accountability.
People
Letter: What are some telework guidelines?
My agency is using the excuse of positions not being "appropriate" for teleworking.
People
Lawmakers push telework as overall participation drops
Security concerns and lack of a uniform tracking system are to blame for telework participation drops, OPM says.
People
Letter: USPTO has 'hoteling' program, not a flexible telework program
Many other patent professionals would prefer to keep their agency office space and have the flexibility to telework for two days per week, as the article showed one USPTO manager doing -- but the agency refuses to allow thousands of rank and file employees to do so.
People
Arbitrator orders ATF to let examiners telework
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives must extend telework to legal-instrument examiners under an arbitration panel ruling.
People
GSA picks its telework chief
The agency looks to William Kelly, its director of HR Services, for help in meeting its goal of having 50 percent of its workers telecommuting by 2010.
People
GSA issues laptops to kick off teleworking plan
Concerns about employees using unsecured personal computers to access agency networks led to the step, GSA's CIO said.
People
Letter: OPM's suspension of telework unfair
The agency says it will reinstate telework after employees have been trained on a modernized retirement system, but one reader expects delays.
Modernization
OPM suspends telework for some of its workers
It was temporarily stopped Oct. 29 during a transition to the agency's modernized retirement system, which will go live in February 2008.
People
2008 workforce plans focus on telework, recruitment
The Chief Human Capital Officers Council will work more closely next year with OPM on its goals.
People
Senate committee passes IG, telework, e-gov bills
The White House and Senate in close negotiations on the legislation, especially the Inspector General Reform Act.
People
NTEU endorses legislation to push telework
The National Treasury Employees Union is supporting a bill that would require agencies to establish written telework policies and name a full-time telework managing officer.
People
Results-based focus key to telework, says GAO specialist
Telework in the government is lagging because agencies have never translated it into program goals, GAO's Bernice Steinhardt told a House hearing Tuesday.
People
Experts tout virtual work environments
Knowledge management experts at the Program Management Summit 2007 agreed that virtual offices are the wave of the future for effective collaboration.
Modernization
Reluctant managers resist telework
Telework proponents urge better training programs and funding
Modernization
Alliance: DHS will miss Pass card deadline
The Smart Card Alliance says the department cannot finish testing ID cards with RFID tags in time for them to be an alternative to passports by next summer.
People
Justice says no to private PCs for telework
The agency, concerned about the security risks that come with home computers, want remote workers to use government-issued laptop PCs, docking stations and Blackberries.
People
GSA sets new goal for telework: 50 percent by 2010
Adminstrator Lurita Doan said that the agency is developing plans to let half of its eligible employees telework by 2010.
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