telework

You're gripping a triple-shot Espresso Macchiato with your left hand and prepping a presentation on your laptop's screen with your right. You chat with your client from your smartphone, trusting that the whoosh of the milk steamer doesn't drown out the conversation. "I sure hope the Wi-Fi holds," you think.

OK, we all know about the proposed federal salary freeze, and Gov Loop has done a great job of laying out the facts in GovLoop Weekly: It's Freezing Out Here including an info graph of federal pay numbers, estimated savings, and a recap of a CNN poll showing that 64 % of Americans surveyed say that it's a step in the right direction.Lest federal workers face the Holidays without any good news, there is the promise of job related monetary relief in the Federal Telework Bill, which presumably will soon be signed by the President.

Telework programs won’t deliver the potential cost-savings and stress-reduction benefits they promise if companies can't get their policies straight.