Tom Temin Commentary

Telework, federal telework

80%, maybe 100%, of life is showing up…for lunch.

Telework debates don’t solve the lunch problem.

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Getty Images/iStockphoto/baramee2554Retirement

Another column on retirement. This time, I’m joining you

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Courtesy of: https://www.justice.gov/archives/olp/staff-profile/former-assistant-attorney-general-office-legal-policy-hampton-y-dellingerHampton Yeats Dellinger

For federal employee justice, some continuity in leadership

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(Photo courtesy of the General Services Administration)The new DHS headquarters, which GSA is managing, includes green roofs, and other green buildings features.
green roofs, green buildings, St Elizabeths, GSA

Telework redux: A day in the life of one D.C. office

In moving, the Science and Technology Directorate reduced its square footage, Rowe said, because it anticipated people would no longer work in the office…

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Getty Images/iStockphoto/jdwfotorecords backlog in a file cabinet

Government sometimes looks like a backlog backwater

Agencies could enhance customer experience if they could permanently end their backlog of cases. But that requires investment in new staff, processes or tools.

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Social Security

New Social Security telework policy just might be the blueprint for everybody

Commissioner Martin O’Malley wants top managers in 4 days a week, but it gets looser the farther out you go

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