The Washington Post interviewed Gerald E. Connolly (D), the new chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, in it's January 4, 2004 column Questions and Answers With... . In responding to a question about priorities for the coming year, Connelly included in his answer, "Environmentally, we need to make sure to tackle watershed management and implement the rather aggressive telework plan we have for the county."

What's the plan? The Fairfax County government website's Telework page lays out the goal: "Currently, more than 400 county employees telework an average of 2-4 days a month. An expansion plan is underway to raise that number to 1,000 by 2005. Telework expansion reflects the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors' support of the regional goal set by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments -- to reach a level of 20 percent of the eligible workforce teleworking one day a week or more by 2005." Great goal, but how will they reach it?

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