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Topics A-Z listing of articles and resources about teleworking or telecommuting.
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- 'Telework Forum: Bringing home the benefits of teleworking using the NBN' outcomes report
- The Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy and the Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) held a Telework Forum in Sydney on 3 August 2011 to highlight the benefits of increased working from home arrangements. The consensus among the 275 participants from industry, government and academia was that the NBN would give effect to the idea that 'work is what you do, not where you do it'.
Added: 10 November 2011
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- Next-Generation Telework: A Literature Review
- Paper prepared for the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, by Deloitte Access Economics, July 2011. A review of international academic papers and other high-quality research that establishes the current worldwide uptake of telework, its benefits and its challenges.
Added: 10 November 2011
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- Telework Savings in Government (Infographic)
- Government Technology, February 21, 2013. "In the private sectory, productivity has increased by more than 50 percent over the past 25 years, while the public sector hasn't kept pace -- its productivity has actually decreased over the same period of time. The single most significant contribution to the increase in productivity in the private sector, according to a new report, has been its ability to "harness the disruptive power of technology and to use it [to] invent better and more efficient processes."..."
Added: 25 February 2013;
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- Telecommuting - the future ain't what it used to be
- by Asher Moses. The Age, February 25, 2013. "... A new Melbourne University study published in the Telecommunications Journal of Australia found people who work from home start earlier, work up to three hours longer and get more done, while they felt more energised, less stressed and had fewer distractions. Millions of Australians already do some work from home and this number expected to increase with the National Broadband Network (NBN). 'There is a lot of telework occurring that is informal that's not being captured in the official statistics,' said Dr Blount..."
Added: 25 February 2013;
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- Telework milestones
- By Brittany Ballenstedt. NextGov, December 7, 2012. "This weekend marks two important milestones for federal telework. The first takes place on Friday, the deadline for agencies to submit data on their telework programs to the Office of Personnel Management. The second milestone comes on Sunday, the two-year anniversary of the Telework Enhancement Act being signed into law. OPM announced last month that agencies have until Dec. 7 to submit data on areas such as participation rates and productivity measures for telework at their agency. OPM will use the data received in response to the request and statistics from other sources, such as the annual Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey, to compile its 2013 telework status report to Congress..."
Added: 12 December 2012;
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- Study to assess barriers to teleworking
- Project follows telework goal set by Australian government, by Adam Bender. Computerworld, 7 December, 2012. "Cisco and the University of Melbourne want to know why more Australian and New Zealand businesses and government bodies aren’t teleworking. The networking company and university announced they will research how teleworking is being used and barriers to adoption. Research starts this month and results are due for release in October next year. The study was announced after Prime Minister Julia Gillard set a goal of having 12 per cent of Australian Public Service workers regularly teleworking by 2020..."
Added: 11 December 2012;
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- Telework assists govts in crisis, but not for everyone
- By Josh Taylor. ZDNet, November 12, 2012. "Summary: Prime Minister Julia Gillard has said that the government has adapted to using TelePresence in times of crisis, such as the Japanese tsunami in 2011... While the Australian government has set a goal of 12 percent for the public service to be teleworking, she admitted that it wouldn't work for every job..."
Added: 15 November 2012;
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- IP Australia stops the brain drain through teleworking
- By Josh Taylor. ZDNet, November 12, 2012. "Summary: IP Australia has been allowing staff to work remotely for eight years, and believes it is the best way to retain skilled employees... Almost 15 percent of the agency's 1,000-strong workforce telework for some part of the week on a regular basis, whether that is home-based for one or two days a week, or out-posted to another city..."
Added: 15 November 2012;
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- Creating jobs through NBN-enabled telework - in pdf format (2116kb)
- (This document requires the use of Adobe Acrobat Reader). Deloitte Access Economics and Colmar Brunton. Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, 2012. "This report investigates the degree to which participation in the labour force may increase with the rollout of the National Broadband Network (NBN) and the increased telework opportunities it will provide. This study involved qualitative and quantitative research, leading to economic modelling to estimate the impacts of NBN-enabled telework on labour force participation, employment and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the Australian economy..."
Added: 15 November 2012;
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- Gillard announces teleworking initiative
- Telworking could grow GDP by $3.2 billion by 2020, says Gillard, by Adam Bender. Computerworld, 12 November, 2012. "Prime Minister Julia Gillard has set a goal of having 12 per cent of Australian Public Service (APS) workers regularly telework by 2020. Selected APS departments will trial telworking arrangements starting in the first half of next year. Deployment of the NBN will support greater teleworking in Australia, Gillard’s office said. The commitment by the leader of the Australian Parliament was made as National Telework Week (12 to 16 November) gets underway..."
Added: 15 November 2012;
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- Securing telework and BYOD
- By Brittany Ballenstedt, Government Executive. NextGov, October 5, 2012. "Nearly two years after the Telework Enhancement Act was signed into law, agencies increasingly are looking to expand mobility options to make their workforces more nimble, flexible and productive. At the same time, part of this expansion means agencies increasingly are focusing on security issues, one expert said Thursday. Cindy Auten, general manager for Telework Exchange, told Wired Workplace that one of the key themes of last week’s Telework Town Hall meeting was not only on expanding federal employees’ use of mobile devices but on ensuring those devices are secure..."
Added: 10 October 2012;
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- Telework: Bringing home the benefits of a new way to work
- Provided by the Australian Government's Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy. "Flexible workplace practices like telework are constantly evolving, dynamic and driving the future of Australian business. As a result this site will constantly adapt to visitor feedback and reflect changes in the wider business environment. A major feature of the website is the Telework Return On Investment (ROI) Tool, which is designed to help you consider the savings you can make by implementing a telework program. The calculations used to work out your Telework business case were developed by Deloitte Access Economics and are based on real world experiences and documented research; however the ROI Tool will continue to be developed and refined as more research and feedback becomes available..."
Added: 1 October 2012;
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- Telework will play a big role in government digital strategy, federal CIO says
- By Joseph Marks. NextGov, May 11, 2012. "The forthcoming digital government strategy will include telework as a major component, federal Chief Information Officer Steven VanRoekel told lawmakers and technology contractors Friday. The federal digital strategy, which VanRoekel said will be released soon, is a combination of two strategies the White House has been working on: one to reform, consolidate and renew the federal Web presence and another to update the way the government manages mobile devices and applications. The government has increasingly looked to mobile technologies to enable telework and to ramp up the efficiency of teleworking employees..."
Added: 17 May 2012;
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- Barriers to Telework Remain, Survey Finds
- By Sarah Rich. Government Technology, November 21, 2011. "A new study revealed that 69 percent of federal employees said the federal government telework progress is not improving fast enough. Government IT media group Fedscoop's teleworking study Telework 2011: Federal Government and Industry Outlook on Telework, released earlier this month, surveyed more than 300 IT executives from the federal government and private sector on where they stand with teleworking implementation. The study was sponsored by HP and Intel..."
Added: 29 November 2011;
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- Telework 2011 - in pdf format (2834kb)
- Federal Government and Industry Outlook on Telework. FedScoop, November 2011. "This survey assesses current attitudes and practices of telework in the federal sector, and ways technology can improve operations..."
Added: 29 November 2011;
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- Mobile workforce presents new challenges for employers
- By Peter Dinham. ITWire, Friday, 25 November 2011. "Transformation in workforce demographics is changing the Australian workplace, and the rapid adoption of mobile and remote access technologies is expected to dramatically redefine the face of the workplace over the next 12 months... According to a panel of human resource IT industry experts, Australia's rapid take-up of smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices during 2011, plus the rise of cloud-based software that allow employees to access corporate systems via an internet connection, are increasing the rate at which organisations make the shift to a more flexible, mobile workforce..."
Added: 25 November 2011;
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- Telework: Weighing the Information, Determining an Appropriate Approach - in pdf format (3689kb)
- (This document requires the use of Adobe Acrobat Reader). A Report to the President and the Congress of the United States by the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board, October 2011. "... The results of our study confirm that telework can result in many benefits for organizations and employees alike. Further, and of critical importance, our findings indicate that the benefits of telework can occur while maintaining productivity and performance, if telework is managed appropriately. A key step that organizations must take in implementing an effective telework program is to ensure supervisors have the necessary skills and support to manage performance in a telework environment. Good performance management skills will be critical for enabling supervisors to make wise decisions about using telework in their work units and ensuring fair treatment of teleworkers and nonteleworkers. In addition, the organizational leadership must foster a culture that is conducive to telework, and ensure a well thought- out technology infrastructure that allows for access to necessary business tools and continuity in work unit dynamics. Flexibility in perspective about telework will be key, as will continuous evaluation of the effectiveness of telework. These strategies will be critical for realizing the benefits of telework and mitigating concerns..."
Added: 3 November 2011;
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