In a report to the Congress on the status of telework in the Federal Government, efforts to promote telework were reported. As a rule, agencies are tasked with promoting telework efforts. Each agency has the opportunity to select from a list of efforts, as well as to detail the specific nature of these efforts. You can see below that emphasizing telework as a part of COOP is the most commonly selected option. Many agencies also made use of agency-wide techniques such as emails and meeting to advocate for telework. See below for more information.
| Agency Management Efforts to Promote Telework in 2011 and 2012** | ||
| In what ways has your agency’s management promoted your telework program | No. of agencies in 2011 | No. of agencies in 2012 |
| Aligns telework with agency strategic goals and mission | 35 | 41 |
| Advocates telework in agency-wide meetings (e.g., all-hands meetings) | 45 | 46 |
| Uses telework goal-setting and measurement hold managers accountable | 12 | 15 |
| Emphasizes telework as part of COOP (Continuity of Operations Plan) events | 66 | 68 |
| Conducts special telework events (e.g., telework awareness weeks, telework drills) | 26 | 32 |
| Transmits agency-wide emails of support | 40 | 43 |
| Develops signs/posters | 13 | 16 |
| Other | 25 | 32 |
| Our agency has not taken action to specifically promote telework in the past year | 10 | 9 |
** This information was taken from the United States Office of Personnel Management Report on the “Status of Telework in the Federal Government.”