May 14, 2008—The US General Services Administration (GSA), in collaboration with the US Office of Personnel Management (OPM), has launched an enhanced interagency telework Web site, www.telework.gov. The updated site features a series of user-friendly improvements designed to make telework information more accessible and understandable to federal employees, the agencies say.
The site offers telework guidance and direction to employees and managers as well as telework coordinators. Users can read and download recent telework guidance and legislation, reports and studies. A search database allows users to input telework-related questions, and if answers are not found onsite the questions can be routed to experts who will respond via e-mail.
GSA also recently announced a new telework policy that will help the agency meet its goal of having 50 percent of GSA’s eligible workforce teleworking at least one or more days a week by the end of 2010. Currently, almost 20 percent of eligible GSA employees telework, compared to 4.2 percent for the overall federal workforce.
GSA is also developing policy and guidance in areas such as alternative office and space savings, continuity of operations planning, the use of telework centers as an alternative to working at home, and the revision of laws to facilitate telework. GSA and OPM, along with community partners, have established a network of 14 telework centers across the metropolitan area.
