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June 30	IT industry plans for a pandemic - telecommuting part of solution
June 30	An increasing number of residents telecommute to work from the comfort of their local coffee shop
June 30	Stolen Veterans Affairs laptop with secret data found. As it turns out, VA worker faulted for losing the laptop had permission to access millions of Social Security numbers on a laptop from home. The plot thickens
June 30	Water damage closes IRS headquarters building for at least a month - some 2,400 affected employees to work in other IRS bldgs or will telework
June 29	Telecommuting Grows - With telecommuting on the rise, organizations of all sizes and industries are discovering a new way to improve employee retention, increase productivity and reduce their need for office space
June 29	Water Cooler Debate: Does Teleworking Work?
June 28	Editor's Desk: Telework temptation
June 28	The competition for talent goes green. Bob Fortier quoted in this article about how more employers are paying heed to employees' desire for help in easing the commute to work
June 27	Security issues threaten telework. Firewalls, policies, practices can make telecommuting safer
June 27	US Defense Department braces for massive changes from pending base closures and realignments, officials see telework as a saving grace that could soften the blow for their workforce
June 27	Mark Warner staff go remote - Telework will enable Mark Warner�s employees to have the same functionality and features on the road that they would find in the office
June 27	Many worker prefer flexibility - including telework - to increased compensation
June 27	Teleconferencing makes much more sense now
June 23	Choosing to bring work home - Nowadays, the majority of businesses are open to employees working from home as they struggle to attract and retain talent, a new survey indicates
June 23	The UK�s employers come first for offering work from home arrangements
June 22	Telecommuting Helps Companies Recruit - Hewlett-Packard may suffer from bringing employees back to the office
June 22	Flexible working: �How do I know that they�re really working?�
June 22	Telecommuting is not the problem... it is the stupidity
June 21	Advocates defend telecommuting against backlash - As laptop thefts and data breaches mount, telework advocates defend work-at-home initiatives.
June 21	Tech firms talent shortage 'hurting the bottom line'. Telecommuting part of the solution
June 20	Hard to believe that in this day and age, 'Jurassic style' managers still exist: Agriculture Official Has Little Time for Flexible Scheduling
June 20	Long-time teleworker from Ontario still hanging in there
June 19	Laptop thefts a telework wakeup. Experts say company data stolen from workers' homes could spur tighter rules
June 19	SHRM shows increase in number of organizations taking action to help employees deal with high fuel costs
June 19	Telework Coalition Denounces New York�s Revised Telework Tax Policy
June 16	Telework cheaper than expected, but several US agencies still not on board
June 16	Telework: A strategic advantage. Why teleworking is no longer an employee perk but a business strategy
June 16	An interview with futurist Alvin Tofler (my telework 'hero') includes section on working from home
June 16	Pandemic: World Health Organization projects 57% mortality rate of those infected. Telecommuting urged where possible
June 15	Making a case for moving with your job (using telework)
June 15	Well before its much publicized security breach by one of its 'informal' teleworkers, US Veterans Affairs was given several specific warnings about security
June 14	Defense tech agency expands telework program - The number of employees who qualify for the Defense Information Systems Agency's telework program has increased by more than 1,000 since a policy change last December
June 14	Telecommuting long distances works, but it pays to learn the ropes by working in the home office first
June 13	Pandemic preparation: Many firms are ready for crisis from bird flu
June 13	US government's (OPM) new hiring strategy includes flexible time and place
June 12	Security breaches can help organizations focus on whether telework should be formal or informal
June 12	Security breach by US government teleworker lead to strong measures, including several firings, possible criminal proceedings, as well as a a major rethink of security procedures
June 12	The teleworking advantage -- why teleworking is a business strategy for most organisations
June 12	Policy-makers push telework to the center of business continuity planning
June 9	Surveys Point to Companies' Increased Support of Employee Work/Life Balance
June 9	Why thousands of Scots are staying home to go to work One in eight spend time teleworking
June 8	Obstacles remain for U.S. government telecommuters
June 8	Fuel expenses fuel increasing interest in telecommuting
June 7	Teleworking: Businesses have more reasons to embrace what used to be called telecommuting
June 7	Flexibility gives telecommuting a seat away from the table
June 7	Embattled state treasurer won't quit post - telecommutes from home to his Capitol office
June 6	Bell Canada and Nortel have large telework programs
June 5	VA Records Theft Update
June 5	CompuStream Implements Telecommuting to Enable Employees to Perform Some of their Work from Places Other than their Designated Work Location
June 5	HP Telecommuting Cutback Spotlights Work-At-Home Dilemma
June 5	HP cuts back on telecommuting. Ultimatum - return to office, or find new jobs. Full reasons not known, but Jurassic-type decision appears flies in the face of reason
June 5	A new way to work. Businesses have more reasons to embrace what used to be called telecommuting
June 5	Flexibility gives telecommuting a seat away from the table
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