| 11.19.95 |
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Legislation passes that allows government funds to help equip Federal employee homes with necessary teleworking equipment.
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| 10.21.98 |
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The Federal government mandates at least $50,000 be appropriated to each executive agency for teleworking expenses.
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| 10.23.00 |
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Section 359 passes, requiring agencies to establish policies so that eligible workers can telework, yet maintain performance standards. The law says that within six months, the mandates should be applied to 25 percent of the Federal workforce, and an additional 25 percent each year thereafter.
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| 02.09.01 |
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OPM offers guidance to executive agency and department heads to help them comply with the telework laws.
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| 11.20.04 |
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The omnibus spending bill approved by Congress withholds $5 million from the budgets of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, State, as well as the Small Business Administration and Securities and Exchange Commission until each ensures eligible employees are able to telework.
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| 12.08.04 |
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The Federal government requires agencies to provide quarterly telework progress reports to the Congressional Appropriations Committee, detailing the number of employees eligible versus the number actually teleworking. Each department or agency must designate a "telework coordinator" to oversee such programs.
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| 01.31.05 |
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CDW-G releases its study of Federal employees finding that 49 percent of the workforce is either ineligible to telework or unsure if they are eligible.
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| 02.08.05 |
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The FY2005 Omnibus Appropriations Act posed a $5 million fine for agencies that fail to comply with existing Telework statutes.
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| 04.05.05 |
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CDW-G releases an update to its January study of Federal employees finding that 51 percent of the workforce is either ineligible to telework or unsure if they are eligible after the required deadline.
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| 06.16.05 |
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Representative Frank Wolf (R-VA) adds a provision in the FY 2006 Science-State-Justice-Commerce (SSJC) Appropriations bill that requires a number of Federal agencies to prove more of their workers are teleworking or risk losing funding.
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| 09.14.05 |
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Government Accountability Office reviewed telework methodologies of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, State, as well as the Small Business Administration and Securities and Exchange Commission. Agencies met the FY 2006 SSJC Appropriations bill requirements.
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| 06.16.05 |
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Representative Frank Wolf (R-VA) adds a provision in the FY 2006 Science-State-Justice-Commerce (SSJC) Appropriations bill that requires a number of Federal agencies to prove more of their workers are teleworking or risk losing funding.
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| 03.06.06 |
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CDW-G releases its second annual study of Federal employees finding that nearly half of all Federal teleworkers have started in the last year.
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