Still catching up on recent telework articles related to the federal government; here are a few more:
This article interviews Congressman Davis. It appears he has embraced the recommendations of several witnesses at the recent congressional hearings on telework. (see related blogs: part I, part II, part III) He's quoted as saying, "Rather than have agencies say who's eligible to telework, let's have them come up with who is ineligible and explain why. That changes the whole dynamic. "
When Kistner queries Davis with "I'd argue most employees could take a paperwork day every week or two." Davis agrees. I agree as well, but that's not thinking big enough, as the Telework Consortium continues to say. With currently available tools and technologies, it's no longer about "paperwork". Just about any part of work can now be done across distances, and that leads to the ability to telework much more than just a day every week or two. Want proof? Read about our ongoing pilot with Loudoun Magazine. They produced their Summer 2004 issue, a highly collaborative and time sensitive effort, as a distributed team.See the preliminary pilot findings report (in PDF) for more details.
Friday, July 23, 2004
