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Original publisher: [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. General Accounting Office, [2003] OCLC Number: (OCoLC)53874838 Subject: Telecommuting -- Government policy -- United States. Excerpt: ... workers had a formal arrangement with their employer to be paid for the 13 work they did at home. 14 Legislation related to telework began to emerge from Congress in 1990. Federal Laws and Their Since then, these provisions have typically, but not always, been included Requirements Cover a in a variety of appropriations acts and have covered a wide range of issues related to telework. The statutory framework for telework includes Gamut of Telework provisions that require agencies to take certain actions related to telework, Issues provide agencies with tools for supporting telework, and provide both GSA and OPM with lead roles in the implementation of telework in the federal government. Within this framework, the most significant congressional action was the enactment of Section 359 of Pub. L. No. 106-346 in October 2000, which provides the current mandate for telecommuting in the executive branch of the federal government. This law, for the first time, required each executive branch agency to establish a telework policy " under which eligible employees of the agency may participate in telecommuting to the 15 maximum extent possible without diminished employee performance. " It also directed OPM to provide that the law's requirements were applied to 25 percent of the federal workforce by April 2001 and to an additional 25 percent of the federal workforce in each subsequent year, until 2004 when the law is to be applied to 100 percent of the federal workforce. The requirements of this law should also be considered in combination with its conference report and guidance that has been issued by OPM. 13 U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Work at Home in 2001, USDL 02-107 ( Washington, D.C.: Mar. 1, 2002 ), http: / / www.bls.gov / news.release / homey.nr0. htm ( down
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