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 ...

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 ...

A bipartisan pair of senators on Thursday proposed legislation that would codify federal employees’ use of remote work in federal law, as well as establish stronger reporting and training requirements ...

Security, bandwidth, and training issues are challenges for any agency starting or expanding a telework program. USPTO has to move massive patent application and trademark agreement documents back and ...

In early August the House of Representatives approved The Telework Enhancement Act of 2007 that among other things tells agencies–including the courts–to make telework training mandatory, to conduct ...

FIRST ON FOX: The House Oversight Committee found that prolonged pandemic-era telework has been "detrimental" to government agencies and new employee training, and it laid out in a new report proposed ...

Changes in the telework industry tend to be subtle and a little tough to read. That’s why this year’s Workplace Trends survey from Kinetic Workplace feels like a gift. The results in three areas are ...

This week, the New Jersey Civil Service Commission (CSC) approved a motion to extend the Model Telework Pilot Program for state employees until June 30, 2024. The program, established in April 2022, ...

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.) ...

The House Oversight and Reform Committee voted 23-17 on Wednesday to advance legislation aimed at strengthening the federal government’s approach to telework to the House floor for consideration. The ...

When the 88th Air Base Wing’s Strategic Initiatives Office was initially created in May 2019, the main focus was finding ways to quickly accommodate the growing workforce at Wright-Patterson Air Force ...

In March 2020, the DoD established the DoD Telework Readiness Task Force, led by the DoD Chief Information Officer (CIO), to ensure DoD networks remain telework‑ready and secure to support DoD ...