Manager buy-in remains the biggest telework challenge

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Manager buy-in remains the biggest telework challenge

Experts say nothing will matter unless agency managers buy-in to the idea that telework is an operational advantage.

Federal News Network Staff

July 9, 2010 2:45 pm

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With legislation to expand teleworking pending in Congress, and backing from the White House and the Office of Personnel Management, you might think that getting more and more federal workers to do more of their jobs away from their offices might be just around the corner.

But you’d be wrong-at least according to several experts, WFED reports.

Kurt Vondran, a legislative representative for the National Treasury Employees Union, says no matter how many executive orders the White House issues, how many laws Congress passes, or how many well-meaning pronouncements from Cabinet officials, nothing will matter unless agency managers buy-in to the idea that telework is an operational advantage.

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