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GSA Courts Feds with Innovative Telework PromotionGSA #10315 January 29, 2007 Washington, DC – Federal managers, supervisors and senior executives have only a few months to sample the benefits of telework from any of the 14 U.S. General Services Administration-sponsored centers in the D.C. metro area at no cost to their agencies, GSA announced today. “Here’s a no-risk, no-cost offer to federal managers to try-out teleworking,” said Kevin Messner, Associate Administrator for the Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs and Acting Associate Administrator for the Office of Governmentwide Policy. “GSA is pleased to offer federal agencies this unique opportunity to equip and educate their managers for teleworking and managing teleworkers.” GSA’s offer, good only until Sept. 30, 2007, is a first for the agency and responds to several findings regarding federal manager perceptions of telework recently published in “Face-to-Face with Management Reality,” a study conducted by the Telework Exchange in partnership with the Federal Managers Association. Some key findings of the study included:
GSA’s offer provides additional benefits to potential users. GSA collected data during fall/winter 2005 on the transportation and environmental impact of working at a GSA-sponsored Telework Center. From data collected, GSA found that the use of its 14 telework centers saved commuters from traveling nearly 2.8 million miles, which, in turn, saved almost 115 thousand gallons of fuel, and avoided 2.3 million pounds of emissions. Only first-time users of a telework center are eligible to participate. Interested participants should first visit GSA’s Telework Web site on www.gsa.gov and then contact the Telework Center Director of their choice prior to registering. ####
Did you know? The overall number of teleworkers in the federal government was reported to be 140,694 in 2005, which represents 19% of the telework-eligible workforce, and 7.7% of the total workforce.
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