Calling for a Larger Stay-at-Home Workforce

CALLING FOR A LARGER STAY-AT-HOME WORKFORCE
[SOURCE: Washington Post, AUTHOR: Stephen Barr]
The House has taken a big step toward expanding the number of federal employees who could become telecommuters and work from home at least one day a week. During debate on an energy-efficiency bill, Rep. John Sarbanes (D-MD) offered an amendment to require every federal agency to establish a telework policy. The measure would ensure that employees may telecommute "to the maximum extent possible without diminishing employee performance or agency operations." The Sarbanes amendment also would require the Government Accountability Office to examine and rate the telework policies of each agency and publish a report showing how many employees were telecommuting at each agency. Rep Sarbanes said the amendment would help promote "a new carbon-neutral federal government" and "ensure that we in government do our part to reduce automobile emissions."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/07/AR2007080701675.html
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