Joe Davidson - OPM Chief Thinks Telecommuting Has a Nice Ring to It - washingtonpost.com

Deep inside the current swine flu scare, there may be a silver lining for federal employees -- greater acceptance of telework in musty bureaucracies.

Although increased telecommuting has been a federal workplace goal for many years, statistics show a difference between theory and practice. Part of the problem has been managers who are reluctant to approve at-home working arrangements because they can't see -- which really means they don't trust -- staffers who aren't in their cubicles.

Joe Davidson - OPM Chief Thinks Telecommuting Has a Nice Ring to It - washingtonpost.com