Updated federal telework guidance from OPM says most federal employees should be “working full-time, in-person,” and that ...

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday advanced legislation that would codify federal workers’ use of remote work in the U.S. Code, as well as establish stronger ...

Rep. John Sarbanes (D-Md.) sponsored the Telework Enhancement Act, which was signed into law last year. The law requires each agency to create telework policies, determine employee eligibility, and ...

Is telework training a solution in search of a problem? Last week I noted that the recent Kinetic Workplace survey found firms providing telework training increased 15% from 2001 to 2002. Here, we’ll ...

A watchdog report examining telework use at four agencies found best practices still need implementation, but the presence, or absence, of telework as an option has affected their ability to attract ...

In the heated arena of election-year politics, the issue of federal employees working remotely has become an unexpected battleground. Recent accusations by House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) ...

In an era where political polarization often stymies legislative progress, the recent advancement of the Telework Reform Act by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee stands ...

Lawmakers have proposed yet another bill aimed at improving transparency around federal agencies’ use of telework, this time requiring a number of data reporting changes already underway in government ...

Among a slew of other executive orders signed by President Donald Trump on Inauguration Day, he signed an order intending to end remote work for federal employees and have them return to working ...

It would never have gone down this way in the private sector. Two departments charged with the same task? But when federal agencies look for guidance on implementing telework, they have two ...

The Washington, D.C., office of the International Telework Association and Council (ITAC) used to be a pretty quiet place. But these days the telework industry organization is flooded with phone and ...

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