Toni Kistner points out a White House press release from August 5, 2004, America's Workforce: Ready for the 21st Century, which calls for increased family-friendly policies like comp time and flex time.

'Many of the Nation's labor laws were designed a generation ago. Provisions in these laws do not fit today's changing workplace, and do not give workers the flexibility to spend more time with their families. For some families, the most valuable commodity is extra time, and these families should have options.'

Amen to that. The following blurb on telework is included in the list of Bush's accomplishments that follows:

'Promoting Telework: The Bush Administration, through the Office of Personnel Management and the General Services Administration, has implemented a number of initiatives to promote telework in Federal agencies. Between the first telework survey taken in April 2001 and October 2003, the number of employees teleworking grew from more than 53,000 employees to almost 103,000 employees, an overall increase of 93 percent. In addition, the President's FY 2005 budget includes $5 million for the Department of Labor to encourage greater use of scheduling flexibility and telework options in the private sector. '

So will we soon have three different agencies to yell out about their slow progress?

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