Telework Exchange Town Hall Meeting Helps Feds into the Telework Fast Lane

Business Wire, May 2, 2006

ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- June 15 Program Focuses on Federal Successes, Roadblocks, as well as Pandemic and Homeland Security Business Continuity Imperatives; GSA to Host Tele-Vision Awards Honoring Excellence in Government Telework

Telework Exchange(SM), a public-private partnership focused on eliminating telework gridlock, today announced the Telework Exchange Town Hall Meeting, a one-day conference focused on the current state of Federal telework and critical next steps to make telework a standard operating procedure across the Federal government. The Town Hall Meeting - Who's Driving the Bus? - will take place June 15, 2006 at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C.

The Telework Exchange Town Hall Meeting is the first event to assemble all Federal telework stakeholders, including key government telework proponents, government telework managers, actual government teleworkers, legislative staff, industry supporters, and interested non-profits. The Town Hall Meeting program:

Telework Programs Underway - Agencies Start Their Engines:

    Moderator:

    --  Wendell Joice, Team Leader
        Governmentwide Alternative Workplace Arrangements Team
        General Services Administration

    Panelists:

    --  Debbie Cohn, Deputy Commissioner for Trademark Operations
        United States Patent and Trademark Office

    --  Joseph Hungate, Chief Information Officer
        United States Treasury Inspector General for Tax
         Administration
        United States Department of the Treasury

    --  Ronald Simmons, Knowledge Management Officer and Technical
         Advisor
        Federal Aviation Administration

--  Driving Your Continuity of Operations Planning - Maximizing
    Business Continuity Preparedness:

    Moderator:

    --  Vishant Shah, Director of Technology Initiatives
        Cyber Security Industry Alliance (CSIA)

    Panelists:

    --  Karen Hogan, Acting Chief Information Officer
        United States Department of Commerce

    --  Linda Koontz, Director of Information Management Issues
        Government Accountability Office

    --  Craig Wilson, First Responder Partnership Coordinator
        Office of National Capital Region Coordination
        United States Department of Homeland Security

--  Turbo Charge Your Telework Program - Best Practices and Available
    Tools:

    Panelists:

    --  Raymond Kent, Associate
        Booz Allen Hamilton

    --  Theresa Noll, Senior Telework Program Analyst
        General Services Administration

    --  Kevin Quinn, Public Sector Marketing
        Intel Corporation

    --  Tom Simmons, Area Vice President of Government Systems
        Citrix Systems

For full event schedule, visit www.teleworkexchange.com/townhallmeeting.>

Tele-Vision Awards Recognize Government Telework Excellence

Stan Kaczmarczyk, Acting Deputy Associate Administrator of Office of Governmentwide Policy, General Services Administration, will host the Telework Exchange Tele-Vision Awards reception at the Town Hall Meeting. The awards program honors excellence in government telework programs and associated agency accomplishments.

"Skyrocketing gas prices, pandemic fears, and escalating traffic gridlock are driving the Federal market beyond the telework tipping point," said Stephen W.T. O'Keeffe, Executive Director of Telework Exchange. "Across D.C. and America, Feds are saying 'I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore.' The majority of Feds should be teleworking at least one or two days per week. It's time for the government to shift its telework programs into the fast lane."

Town Hall Meeting sponsors include Akamai Technologies, Apple, Citrix Systems, Intel Corporation, TANDBERG, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Best Workplaces for Commuters(SM), and WebEx Communications. For additional information on the Telework Exchange Town Hall Meeting and to register to attend, visit www.teleworkexchange.com/townhallmeeting.> About Telework Exchange, LLC

Telework Exchange is an online community focused on demonstrating the tangible value of telework and serving the emerging educational and communication requirements of the Federal teleworker community. The organization facilitates communication among Federal teleworkers, telework managers, and IT professionals. For more information on Telework Exchange, please visit www.teleworkexchange.com.