Management

Meeting the Telework Mandate

A survey exploring the challenges that federal agencies face in deploying telework initiatives.

Feds Identify 3 Top Telework Challenges

#1 Capturing and managing data to track program success 49%

#2 Management support
46%

#3 Technology support
38%

There's a DR Disconnect

86% of agencies have incorporated telework in their continuity of operations plans, but only 40% of employees are aware of that.

Feds Identify 3 Top Telework Challenges

#1 Capturing and managing data to track program success 49%

#2 Management support
46%

#3 Technology support
38%

There's a DR Disconnect

86% of agencies have incorporated telework in their continuity of operations plans, but only 40% of employees are aware of that.

SOURCE: "Federal Telework Progress Report," Juniper Networks and the Telework Exchange (June 2011)

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