Senators Push for More Telecommuting

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SENATORS PUSH FOR MORE TELECOMMUTING
[SOURCE: Washington Post, AUTHOR: Stephen Barr]
Sens Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) and Mary Landrieu (D-La.) have introduced a bill that would make nearly all government employees eligible to telecommute. The bill covers employees in the executive, legislative and judicial branches. Under current practice, employees are assumed to be ineligible for telecommuting unless their agencies select them for work-at-home programs. The Stevens Landrieu bill, the sponsors say, would reduce fuel consumption, ease traffic congestion and help government workers better balance career and family obligations. The most recent federal personnel data showed that 41 percent of civil service employees had been deemed eligible to telecommute, but that only 19 percent were working from home or from a nearby telework center at least one day a week.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/29/AR200703...
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Senators Push for More Telecommuting