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Top federal telework issues of 2011

Cindy Auten, general manager at the Telework Exchange, joined The Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris with a look at the top issues of teleworking at federal agencies.

Tags: Cindy Auten , Telework Exchange , workforce , Federal Drive , management

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How your IT shop can help/hurt your telework plans

Is your IT shop actively involved in your telework program? Here's a few reason they should be.

Tags: Telework Center , cio.com , Mark Gibbs , IT

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Feds plan to shell out more money to get to work

Without Congressional action, the public transit benefit that many federal employees use to take the subway, bus or vanpool to work will decrease on Jan. 1 from $230 to $125 per month. Feds said, for the most part, they'll continue to use mass transit even if it costs them more to get to work.

Tags: mass transit benefit , NTEU , Colleen Kelley , Congress , Ben Cardin , Barbara Mikulski , Matthew Magazu , Shannon Richardson , FEMA , Caroline Tiplin , Keith Eichenholz , HHS , Emily Kopp , pay and benefits

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Library of Congress, TIGTA offer telework security lessons

Security is a major telework concern for the Library of Congress and the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration. But, both agencies have found ways to make it work for them.

Tags: Telework Center , Library of Congress , TIGTA , Telework Exchange , workforce

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Work is Something You Do, Not Somewhere You Go: The Continued Case for Teleworking

The panel will discuss, the evolving perspectives and practices of telework within the federal government and FedScoop's 2011 Telework survey and their recent study titled Telework 2011. Federal Agencies are looking at telework as a way to lower the cost of government, attract and retain top talent, enable emergency readiness plans, decrease their carbon footprint and take advantage of technology improvements to work more efficiently.

Tags: technology , HP , Intel , Danette Campbell , Nigel Ballard , Christina Morrison

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Top tips for managing teleworkers

Are you a federal manager? Then you need these 13 tips for managing the new crop of teleworkers in your office.

Tags: Telework Center , Telework Enhancement Act , OPM , information security , workforce

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Telework implementation not moving fast enough

A majority of government and private sector IT executives don't believe the federal government is moving quick enough when it comes to telework, according to the results of a new survey.

Tags: Telework Center , Telework Enhancement Act , workforce , information technology , FedScoop

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Telework could cause employee exhaustion

Employees with high levels of work-family conflict, may be negatively impacted by telework, according to a new study.

Tags: Telework Center , work-life balance , workforce

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MSPB offers advice on telwork

Despite some management concerns, the Merit Systems Protection Board says there are many benefits to telework as long as the process is managed effectively.

Tags: Telework Center , MSPB , workforce

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OPM's proposed snow policy: Stay or go when we say so

Employees would have to leave when OPM tells them to or stay in their buildings until OPM says it's safe to leave, under a proposed new snow policy.

Tags: OPM , snow policy , Washington Post , workforce

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