United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2007-11-06 monographic deposited born digital 13 p. GA 1.13:GAO-08-261T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-261T P0b002ee180397ba1 f:d08261t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-261T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-261T GAO-08-261T Data collection Data integrity Employees Executive agencies Federal agencies Federal employees Human capital Program evaluation Program management Requirements definition Telecommuting Government agency oversight Program goals or objectives Testimony A78008 Telework continues to receive attention within Congress and federal agencies as a human capital strategy that offers various flexibilities to both employers and employees. Increasingly recognized as an important means to achieving a number of federal goals, telework offers greater capability to continue operations during emergency events, as well as affording environmental, energy, and other benefits to society. This statement highlights some of GAO's prior work on federal telework programs, including key practices for successful implementation of telework initiatives, identified in a 2003 GAO report and a 2005 GAO analysis of telework program definitions and methods in five federal agencies. It also notes more recent work where agency officials cite their telework programs as yielding benefits. As GAO has previously recommended, Congress should determine ways to promote more consistent telework definitions and measures. In particular, Congress might want to have the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the Chief Human Capital Officers Council develop definitions and measures that would allow for a more meaningful assessment of progress in agency telework programs. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-261T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-261T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-261T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-261T.pdf GAO-08-261T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-261T Testimony GAO-08-261T; Human Capital: Telework Programs Need Clear Goals and Reliable Data; Data collection Data integrity Employees Executive agencies Federal agencies Federal employees Human capital Program evaluation Program management Requirements definition Telecommuting Government agency oversight Program goals or objectives Public Law 106-346