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[quote=Anonymous]I am a Fed manager.  Report it if you must but here are a couple tips.

1.  Make sure you have proof and the message is delivered properly.  If you came to me and said "Bob's wife sees her at the park, blah blah," I would likely look at you oddly.  Do you really expect me to act based on the word of someone who does not even work here?  Plus, other PPs are right - you do not know the particulars of HER arrangement.  However, if you came to me and said that her lack of responsiveness to you and the team (for whatever reason) is holding up the train, I would respond and act on that.  I probably would  not even mention telework to her when I addressed it.

2.  If you couch this as a telework abuse issue, be prepared for the blowback.  We are required to report potential telework abuse.  In the past, that has meant an audit of the entire unit (not mine, thank goodness).  In our agency, that means all telework in that unit (other than duty station/locality accommodations) would be suspended during the audit.  If it slipped that you were responsible, it might not go over well with your colleagues.

3.  In sum, phrase it as a response/operation issue, not a telwork issue. [/quote]

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