FMA’s Davison lauded training provisions in the bill including one that would make telework part of employee orientation, calling them "vital to the success of and participation in these programs." He also urged Congress to consider a separate line item to fund training programs, noting that, "training dollars are the first to get cut when budgets are tight."
Without proper education managers resist allowing employees to telework out of fear of losing control over them and work products, but once they receive training and even telework themselves they open up to such arrangements, noted USPTO’s Dudas.
OPM rejected however a provision that would incorporate telework training at new employee orientation, suggesting that should take place just before entering into a telework arrangement.
Stephen O’Keeffe, the executive director of the Telework Exchange, a telework advocacy group, suggested incorporating and encouraging management-specific telework programs that can address management concerns, as well as educating all management levels on telework benefits, including telework’s importance in continuing operations plans, also called for under S-1000.
