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"Work is Something You Do, Not Somewhere You Go: The Continued Case for Teleworking "

Federal News Radio features FedScoop's 'Telework 2011" survey.
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Telework 2011: Federal Government and Industry Outlook on Telework

Is the federal government IT community willing and prepared to create a 21st century work environment that is based on flexibility, sustainability, continuity, and performance? FedScoop surveyed more than 300 IT executives from the federal government and private sector to assess the evolving perspectives and practices of telework.
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"The Case for Telework"

Federal News Radio features 'The Case for Telework."
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Meeting The Telework Imperative

Telework is not a siloed initiative, but one that touches many functional areas across an agency. Telework leaders must work with other champions or stakeholders-including, but not limited to, agency executives, managers, facilities managers, human capital managers, and IT organizations-to help telework find its greatest set of applications across the organization.
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Tips for Working Remotely

More and more companies and organizations not only allow but also encourage telecommuting. If your organization offers that option, you can use your mobile PC to be productive in the comfort of your home or another remote location. In this article, I discuss the tools of the trade and provide tips to ensure that the familiar home environment doesn't prevent you from keeping your focus and achieving your goals.
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Unified Communications in Government

For government agencies, budgets may rise and fall with economic cycles. But financial circumstances do not change citizen expectations. People count on government to maintain excellent service delivery, from processing permits to maintaining public safety. Meanwhile, environmental responsibility has emerged as a mandate in every economic climate, as agencies aim to reduce carbon footprints and the related expenses for travel, real estate, and energy.
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Technology Solutions for CyberSecurity

For every phase of this security management life cycle, Microsoft provides trusted advice and technology solutions that play a critical role in helping to ensure the safety and integrity of the enterprise. Each and every day, cyber attacks against U.S. government computer networks number in the millions. Pentagon systems alone are probed 250,000 times per hour, according to Gen. Keith Alexander, the new head of the U.S. Cyber Command.
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Unique Technology for Enterprise Customers

Working outside the office is easier than ever. DirectAccess in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 enhances the productivity of mobile workers by connecting them seamlessly and more securely to their corporate network any time they have Internet access without the need to VPN. When your IT department enables DirectAccess, the corporate network's file shares, intranet websites, and line-of-business applications remain accessible wherever you have an Internet connection.
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Unified Communications Improves Business Outcomes, Lowers Costs, and Enhances Environmental Sustainability

Microsoft IT is in the middle of a company-wide UC deployment to provide e-mail, instant messaging (IM), presence, conferencing, telephony, and unified messaging, which will give employees a full range of options to communicate effectively. After meeting the deployment targets for fiscal year 2008 (ending in June 2008), Microsoft IT deemed the project a success. However, a difficult economic climate required Microsoft IT to gather financial data in planning deployments of new solutions. More specifically, the team needed to measure the ROI of the following deployed technologies:
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HP Telecommuter Solutions

Around the world, millions of people now work from home offices, remote work areas, and other spaces outside of traditional office environments.1 Multiple trends are driving this fundamental shift in the way people work. Organizations are working to reduce real estate requirements, give employees greater flexibility to accommodate off-hours meetings with global teams, enable emergency readiness plans, and take advantage of technology improvements.
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Embracing Change with Telework

It's time for federal agencies to embrace change, rethink the traditional office, and take advantage of technologies that allow employees to work remotely. The Obama administration�s bold plans to expand telework and pending congressional legislation demonstrate its importance in improving government responsiveness.
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TELEWORK CHATTER

@fedstelework: GSA CIO: Hoteling the future of agency workspace http://t.co/6qHMpa2s #telework

@fedstelework: NextGenWork: Dept. of Education Chief Enterprise Architect Steven Corey-Bey http://t.co/UpaanLpA #telework

@fedstelework: ‘What are you working on?’ with NSF CTO Jose Munoz (VIDEO) http://t.co/rr3VD7F9 #telework

@fedstelework: NextGenWork: FTC CIO Jeff Huskey (Part 2) http://t.co/5lFQT570 #telework

@fedstelework: FedScoop Interview: Michael Burke http://t.co/c7K8T9bv #telework

@fedstelework: OPM: 21% of eligible feds teleworked in 2011 http://t.co/FfLYox9c #telework

WORK IS SOMETHING YOU DO. NOT SOMEWHERE YOU GO.