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The Herman Trend Alert April 12, 2006 Government Telework Increasing The movement toward telecommuting has momentum in the private sector. However, the public sector has been relatively resistant to permitting telework. Respondents to a survey of government workers last year revealed that only 19 percent were able to telework for part or all of their jobs. Now, the numbers are up substantially, with 41 percent of responding Federal employees indicating that they currently telework. This report comes from CDW Government, Inc, a leading source of Information Technology (IT) solutions for governments and educators. This change is driven by the government’s need to compete more aggressively to attract and hold top talent. The CDW report shows that information technology professionals in the federal sector have significantly expanded technical support for telework initiatives over the past year. Thirty-two percent of surveyed Federal IT professionals indicated that their agency has started or expanded a telework program in the last year. Twenty-eight percent of the same respondents believes that their agency provides IT support to 100 percent of eligible teleworkers---up from just 5 percent of respondents in 2005. Information security is cited as the single most significant inhibitor for broader telework adoption in 2006, as it was in 2005. Fifty-three percent of Federal IT professionals feel that information security is the primary challenge associated with telework, with other issues lagging far behind. Advantages to telecommuting that emerged from the study are consistent with those seen in the private sector. A major concern is employee satisfaction. Results show that 91 percent of Federal employees with the option to telework are either very satisfied or satisfied with their current jobs, compared to 80 percent of Federal employees without the option to telework. This metric is highly significant when striving to retain people who have employment choices. Equally important is employee desire for flexibility. Federal employees cite the elimination of their commute (80 percent) and an improvement in work flexibility (68 percent) as the primary reasons for preferring telework. Of Federal employees that do not telework, 84 percent would telework if allowed to. This issue will be huge for federal managers in the next few years. © Copyright 1998-2008 by The Herman Group, Inc. -- reproduction for publication is encouraged, with the following attribution: From "The Herman Trend Alert," by Roger Herman and Joyce Gioia, Strategic Business Futurists. (800) 227-3566 or http://www.hermangroup.com. The Herman Trend Alert is a trademark of The Herman Group, Inc." DON'T GAMBLE WITH YOUR COMPANY'S FUTURE Many jobs have been open for months or even years, because some skilled workers have become impossible to find. Join us in Las Vegas and learn the low- and no-cost solutions to this workforce crisis. Help your company recruit and retain the talent it must have to survive. Recertification credit from HRCI. Next Employee Retention Specialist(TM) Program: September 9-10. Call Carol at 336-282-9370 or visit http://www.employeeretentionspecialist.com. LOOKING FOR A DYNAMIC KEYNOTE SPEAKER TO INSPIRE YOUR PEOPLE? Joyce Gioia (joy-yah) is an inspirational futurist who freely shares her knowledge and expertise about talent engagement and retention with business executives around the globe. Her understandings and insights will inform and fascinate you. For more information, call Carol McKinney at 336-282-9370 or visit the web site at http://www.hermangroup.com/joyce.html for more information on Joyce's calendar and her topics. WANT TO BE RECOGNIZED AS AN EMPLOYER OF CHOICE®? Our effective, onsite seminars, workshops, and consulting can help you get there. We can offer 1-, 2-, 3-hour, and full-day programs to help you communicate what it takes to become an Employer of Choice® and inspire your folks to get it done. We've helped others; let us help you. Call Joyce at 336-210-3548 to schedule a no-obligation conference call. Herman Trend Alerts are produced by the Herman Group, strategic business futurists, Certified Management Consultants, authors, and professional speakers. New subscribers are welcome. There is no charge for this public service. The Herman Trend Alert is received by over 30,000 subscribers in 78 countries, in addition to other websites and printed magazines. Do you enjoy receiving this weekly e-mail update? Contact us about our co-branded Trend Alert service. Click here to sign up for the Herman Trend Alert. Subscribe or Unsubscribe to weekly Herman Trend Alert View this week's Herman Trend Alert Archived Weekly Herman Trend Alerts

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