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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.
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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.
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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.
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Reluctant managers resist telework
Telework proponents urge better training programs and funding
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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.
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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.
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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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Survey: CISOs worried about mobile data security
Chief security officers say many teleworkers do not have adequate data security training or technology, according to a survey by the Telework Exchange.
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Congress touts telework
New legislation has program advocates optimistic about telework's momentum.
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HR/CIO link is key to telework success, says DISA official
DISA assembled a telework SWAT Team that brought together experts from the agency's IT and HR departments.
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House approves telework provision
The House energy bill, which faces some opposition from Republican senators and the Bush administration, includes an amendment that would require agencies to strengthen their telecommuting programs.
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Survey: Most managers link telework, COOP
In a survey by Juniper Networks, 62 percent of respondents said telework should be a critical part of an agency's continuity-of-operations program.
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OPM finds barriers to telework lowering
In its latest report to Congress, the Office of Personnel Management redefined what a teleworker is.
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GAO to agencies: Measure telework's effectiveness
Agencies need to do a better job of developing metrics and clarifying rules as they expand telework programs.
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Federal data still vulnerable a year after VA laptop theft
A new survey finds not much progress has been made on securing workers' computers and access.
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House to agencies: Tell us about telework
Several members are sending agencies a survey asking about their telework policies in an effort to overcome barriers to working outside the office.
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White House mandates COOP planning
A presidential directive establishes agency coordinators for continuity of operations planning.
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Agencies still lack dedicated telework personnel, survey finds
The latest survey of federal telework coordinators revealed that agencies still lack workers who are largely dedicated to promoting telework programs, but agencies are making progress.
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Senate bill would create telework management position
Sens. Ted Stevens and Mary Landrieu introduced a bill that would require agencies to name a telework-managing officer and make federal employees eligible to telework unless designated otherwise.
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