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- Stevens, Landrieu push for widespread telework
- Sens. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) and Mary Landrieu (D-La.) want to make all federal employees eligible for telework. Theyve introduced a bill that covers workers in the executive, legislative and judicial branches, The Washington Post reports. Benefits of telework, which seem obvious: Reduce fuel consumption, ease traffic congestion, and improve...
- Tags: Telework, Government technology
- Blog posts 2007-03-30
- DISA relocation forces embrace of telework
- The Defense Information Systems Agency is moving from northern Virginia to Fort Meade, MD, as part of a Defense Dept. realignment. Thats a problem for the agencys many employees who live in Virginia communities. And so, DISA is embracing telework as a way to avoid losing scores of skilled...
- Tags: DISA job, Government technology, Defense, Telework, DISA, Penkoske
- Blog posts 2006-11-20
- Telework lags in public sector for dubious reasons
- Telework in the public sector is seriously lagging the private industry according to a report from a cybersecurity public policy advocacy group covered on Govexec.com. The article states that about 14 percent of federal employees worked away from their main offices in 2003, compared to 41.3 million American workers in...
- Tags: Telework
- Blog posts 2005-08-09
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- Thinking Outside the Cubicle: The Evolving 21st-Century Virtual Office
- The evolving workplace definitely has people talking. Terms like "workshifting," "Web commuting" and the "virtual office" are making regular appearances in the news. Whatever you call it, the traditional 9-to-5 office environment is changing shape in response to new technology, a struggling economy and employees who place...
- Tags: Workplace, Webcast, Citrix Systems Inc., Virtual Office, Collaboration, Team Management, Recruitment & Selection, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- Webcasts 2009-08-11
- Telecommuting and the Federal Government
- Beyond the broader trends, individual agencies are adopting telework programs with multiple motives. Seeking savings on real estate and greater efficiency, Loudoun County, Virginia, has issued notebook PCs to building inspectors to allow them to handle inspection duties without returning to the office. When current leases expire, the county hopes...
- Tags: SonicWall, Telecommuting, Capital Structures, Government, Federal Government, Real Estate, Notebooks, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Finance, Business Operations, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- White papers 2009-04-01
- Telecommuting will rise to include 43% of US workers by 2016
- Telecommuting will rise to include 43% of US workers by 2016Don't tease me!Ha! Our leagel department has decided there is too much risk for home related injuries and having to pay workers comp. Nope, no telecomuting here, no matter how much sense it makes. :(RE: Telecommuting will rise to...
- Tags: IT Crowd, telecommuting, worker
- Discussion threads 2009-03-13
- Mobile computing vs. cloud computing
- There has been for some while “heated debates†amongst fellow blogospherians (probably not a word, don’t comment and bitch about it please) about all these cloud services we’re hearing about. First we had Windows Live SkyDrive which now offers 5GB of storage space, and rumours of GDrive keep hitting the...
- Tags: Device, Mobile, Mobile Computing, Cloud Computing, Advertising & Promotion, Handhelds, Wireless, Marketing, Hardware, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-06-07
- Secure Enterprise Mobility for Government Teleworkers
- Government Telework initiatives are increasing with many Federal agencies and Congress supporting programs to allow federal employees traveling around the globe or working from home to access their agencies' network. The ability to remotely connect to all resources in a reliable and secure manner is of paramount concern. Regardless of...
- Tags: Agency, Mobility, Aruba Networks, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing
- White papers 2007-12-17
- Making the case for telework
- Making the case for teleworkRE: Making the case for teleworkMy wife and I are both independent translators living in Costa Rica and we have been working from home for over a decade, keeping in touch with our clients over the Internet and the telephone. That has allowed us to enjoy...
- Tags: Government, Vertical industries, benefit
- Discussion threads 2007-10-03
- Supermarket Retailer Enhances Telework Initiative With Unified Communications
- Giant Eagle, one of the largest food retailers and distributors in the United States, instigated a corporate cost-saving initiative to transition 700 of its employees to home-based offices. To ensure that these teleworkers stay well connected with their colleagues in Giant Eagle offices, stores, and warehouses, the company implemented a...
- Tags: Unified Communications, Microsoft Corp., Collaboration, Instant Messaging, Retail, Groupware, Internet, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software
- Case studies 2007-10-01
- With telecommuting stalled, GSA ready to lead by example
- Sometimes people just won't do what you tell them to. Sometimes you have to lead by action. That's the idea the General Services Administration is getting around to accepting, The Washington Post reports, as it moves to set up its own telecommuting program. Lurita A. Doan, the GSA administrator,...
- Tags: U.S. General Services Administration, Telecommuting, ZDNet Government
- Blog posts 2007-09-12
- House passes measure to promote fed telework
- House passes measure to promote fed teleworkThe Best Way to Reduce Auto EmissionsGovernment organizations will, first of all, be highly resistant to allowing workers to work at home. The most important reason is they don't want to lose control. They won't cite that reason, but instead will cite security and...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, security
- Discussion threads 2007-08-13
- House passes measure to promote fed telework
- Ever so slowly, Congress is making progress towards telework. The House energy package included an amendment offered by Rep. John Sarbanes (D-Md.) and Rep. Frank R. Wolf (R-Va.) to require every federal agency to establish a telework policy, The Washington Post reports.The measure would ensure that employees may telecommute "to...
- Tags: Agency, Telecommuting, ZDNet Government
- Blog posts 2007-08-09
- Are Your People Ready to Telework, Work and Collaborate Securely - Away From the Office?
- Whether trying to address OMB telework mandates, address COOP requirements or prepare for a natural disaster, federal telework needs are growing. Government employees want to be productive when they are out of the office through a secure connection. Microsoft has new software, today, that can enable telework solutions so one...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software
- Webcasts 2007-05-16
- Stevens, Landrieu push for widespread telework
- Stevens, Landrieu push for widespread teleworkYes all well and good but DOIM and ARs are in the wayIf you don't know, the Government is web filter, virus scan, CAC happy mad with crappy windows based computers at the work place. Some sites like the DTS travel system only work with...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Construction, PRODUCTIVITY, CAC, Landrieu, Steven
- Discussion threads 2007-04-03
- U.S. government's cyber security grade: D
- The Cyber Security Industry Alliance has slapped three 'D' grades on the U.S. government's ability to secure sensitive data, strengthen the resiliency of critical infrastructure and protect the integrity of federal information.The grades appear to be an improvement of last year's report card when the alliance handed out an F,...
- Tags: Spam and Phishing, Spyware and Adware, Data theft, cyber security
- Blog posts 2007-02-01
- Remote access scares fed IT officials
- What keeps you awake at night? If youre a federal technology leader, your biggest nightmare is about providing remote access to telecommuters, according to a survey of fedtech officials, reports the Washington Posts Stephen Barr. The survey was conducted in August, at the end of the summer of laptop...
- Tags: survey, agency, Government technology, IT Management, telecommuting
- Blog posts 2006-11-17
- USPTO offers telework to lawyers from anywhere in the US
- Slowly, slowly, the federal government is moving towards telework. The Washington Post reports that the US Patent and Trademark Office is launching an experimental project in telework. Under the pilot, 10 experienced trademark lawyers with good job-performance ratings will be permitted to move anywhere in the continental United...
- Tags: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, agency, PTO, Deborah Cohn
- Blog posts 2006-10-25
- VA's Kaine promotes telework
- Traffic choked northern Virginia could benefit immensely from government telework programs in which employees could work from home rather than joining the cars on the highways to DC. But telework efforts have always stalled. Now Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine has established an office to encourage and support the use...
- Tags: Tim Kaine
- Blog posts 2006-09-13
- Time is right for telework
- Investing in telework infrastructure would more than pay for itself, a General Services Administration report finds. Indeed, the cost savings would typically be double the investment costs, according to Federal Computer Week. An agency with 50,000 employees that invests $15.6 million in a telework infrastructure would receive $31.1 million in...
- Tags: agency, Theresa Noll
- Blog posts 2006-06-15
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