Also, there are costs to setting up work-at-home arrangements, and costs savings. All of the agencies cited positive effects of letting some of their employees work from home. “In the current fiscal climate, cost savings is an important measure of the success of telework programs,” GAO wrote, citing personnel officials’ own guidance. Telework, once unthinkable in the must-show-your-fanny-in-the-seat culture of government, is now a go-to alternative to the office on snow days. Office of Personnel Management officials told GAO that most agencies have asked for only limited help in assessing their programs.

Source: Washington Post August 08, 2016 15:30 UTC