Website Proves Valuable in Promoting Telecommuting to Federal Employees
An interagency telecommuting website (www.telework.gov) established by the federal government provides a variety of useful information on telecommuting policies and programs throughout the federal government.
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the General Services Administration created the site to provide access to guidance issued by both agencies and uses it to promote telecommuting to employees of the federal government— the nation's largest employer.
The site includes information for employees who think they might like to telecommute (or are already doing so), for managers and supervisors who supervise telecommuters and for agency telecommute coordinators.
The site is continually updated and also includes the following:
- A report by OPM on telecommuting progress throughout the federal government.
- Telecommuting training courses.
- Agency policies.
- Information on telework locations.
- Information on OSHA guidelines for teleworking federal employees.
- A checklist for safety at a remote worksite, such as the home.