People

Feds can learn about telework from small business

An expert examines the wireless tools teleworkers need.

People

Telework: An untapped recruiting tool

As federal agencies compete for the best recruits, telework can be an attractive lure.

People

Tips to be a more productive teleworker

As the number of federal employees who telework increases, here are some tips to follow to increase productivity when working remotely.

Digital Government

Recommended reading

IT workers feeling the pinch; The IPv6 brain drain; Beyond ping pong tables.

People

AT&T offers telework solutions for federal agencies

AT&T is offering technologies for federal teleworkers.

People

Is the digital leash a blessing or a curse?

Without a doubt, smart phones have dramatically changed the workplace. But has it been for the better?

Digital Government

Why telework is in an agency's best interest

Teleworking is moving beyond just letting agency employees work from home; it's becoming a key element in continuity-of-operations planning, efforts to reduce pollution, and plans to save billions on unneeded real estate.

Modernization

OMB sets deadline for telework IT policies

The Office of Management and Budget is giving agencies 90 days to develop or update policies on buying IT to enable and promote the federal government’s adoption of telework.

People

Tips for teleworkers: How to write better e-mail messages

Some federal managers write bad e-mail messages, says the Corporate Executive Board. Here are tips for doing it better.

Modernization

Fiberlink's MaaS360 enables GSA telework initiatives

The General Services Administration is leveraging Fiberlink's "mobility-as-a-service" technology.

People

Green benefits of telework aren't just for Earth Day

Telecommuting is said to have many benefits for the environment.

Modernization

Keeping tabs on you and your teleworker, too

A third party releases an iPhone app to log users' keystrokes, and two scientists discover the same device is keeping tabs on your locations in an unprotected way.

Digital Government

A telecommuting break for DISA

Nearly 50 percent of DISA's Fort Meade employees have been approved to work remotely.

People

VA starts telework tax credit

Virginia companies are being offered cash in exchange for starting telework progams.

People

Telework guidance incorporates Telework Act

The Office of Personnel Management on April 18 issued a telework guide to help agencies implement the Telework Enhancement Act and to serve as a resource on the law for rank-and-file feds.

Digital Government

Announcing the winners of the FCW caption contest

The entries are in, and the most recent FCW caption contest drew an astounding number and variety of ideas.

People

Telework Enhancement Act: Easing into a new mindset

The sponsor of the Telework Enhancement Act talks about the progress agencies are making, what has held back telework in the past and how those obstacles can be overcome.

People

Managing teleworkers can be business as usual

Manager resistance to telework often revolves around perceived challenges of monitoring remote workers' performance, but some telework veterans say separate oversight isn't needed.

People

Teleworkers stay in the loop

Popular perceptions of telework as the playground for slackers and the disconnected don't jibe with reality, studies show.

People

Making federal managers into successful teleworkers

With the passage of the Telework Enhancement Act last year, there is a strong push in the government to increase the number of federal employees -- including managers -- who telework on a regular basis.