DISA is going through the process of moving a bunch of jobs (and workers) as part of a national military realignment to Fort Meade, Maryland. They have built this "telework" center at Fort Meade but it only supports 10 users. Hmmm.... call me crazy but that doesn't sound like too much when you have over 6000 employees. No worries they're going to expand to 50 in a couple months ;) I guess its better to something than nothing at all.
In CDW's Annual Telework Report they found the Federal Government is beating the Private Sector in the adoption of telecommuting. CDW estimates 44% of Federal employees have the option to telework, while it's only 15% in the Private Sector. I'm actually surprised at how high that number is... go Fed! With more opportunities to telework, I wonder if this trend will help them retain and potentially recruit more folks to work for the government. The report also found employees who have the option to telecommute to be happier; happier employees will definitely stick around longer and have less reason to look for another job.