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The Costs and Benefits of Federal Telework (podcast)

Posted on August 04, 2016
It used to be that if you weren’t in the office, you couldn’t get work done. Now, at least 1 million federal employees are eligible to telework. But what are the costs and benefits to federal agencies of this flexible workforce? A team led by Yvonne Jones, a director in our Strategic Issues team, recently set out to answer that question, combing through reports of federal telework costs and benefits at 6 agencies. Hear Yvonne discuss what her team found:
Federal Telework
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