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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I work at a DOD agency.  In theory telework is encouraged but in reality very few do it.  Many can't because their jobs require classified work which can't be done remotely.  Some offices are used to a culture where everyone has to be onsite even if most of their work is unclassified.  In most instances, contracts prevent contractors from working offsite as well.  As a result, thousands of people who otherwise could stay off the roads and get things done from home make their way on congested roads to a less than ideal building daily.[/quote]

I wonder if we work in the same DoD agency (although we don't do much classified work).  I've recently been put in a management position and have been quite liberal with telework but realized that the other managers and my boss are not that favorable towards it (so i may have to reign it in a bit...).  I don't get it, perhaps because i'm younger, but if you're going to deny people tele-work (particularly the hyper-mile commuters) then eventually they're going to find new jobs.  If you're so worried about productivity dropping, then measure the damn productivity and not some ethereal value of it.  [/quote]

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