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