Virginia Governor Wins 2006 Telecommuting Hall of Fame Award
Tuesday December 26, 2006
In a post earlier this year, I mentioned how Virginia's Governor, Timothy M. Kaine announced that he had created a new state Office of Telework Promotion and Broadband Assistance by way of executive order to encourage public and private employees to work from home.
The Telework Coalition (TelCoa), based in Washington, DC, which is an organization dedicated to promoting telecommuting, presented its 2006 Hall of Fame Award for Supporting Telework on the State Level to the Virginia Governor. Chuck Wilsker, President and CEO of TelCoa remarked, "We anticipate that the leadership of Governor Kaine will cause other States to follow his example. The technologies are in place at affordable prices to enable organizations of all types to use telework to establish work locations other than at the traditional office and provide additional employment opportunities for rural, older, and disabled workers. There are no longer either rational excuses or acceptable strategies of avoidance when it comes to developing and implementing telework and telecommuting programs."
Governor Kaine added (in part), "I hope that other states will follow Virginia's lead to promote and enable telework, so that it becomes standard practice in the work place. Telework is a win for all -- employers win, employees win, society wins, and the environment wins."
We who work from home can't agree with you more, Governor Kaine. Congratulations! We hope other public and private employers will follow your lead and emerge from the dark ages mind set of thinking that people who work from home don't get any work done.
Read the full press release.
The Telework Coalition (TelCoa), based in Washington, DC, which is an organization dedicated to promoting telecommuting, presented its 2006 Hall of Fame Award for Supporting Telework on the State Level to the Virginia Governor. Chuck Wilsker, President and CEO of TelCoa remarked, "We anticipate that the leadership of Governor Kaine will cause other States to follow his example. The technologies are in place at affordable prices to enable organizations of all types to use telework to establish work locations other than at the traditional office and provide additional employment opportunities for rural, older, and disabled workers. There are no longer either rational excuses or acceptable strategies of avoidance when it comes to developing and implementing telework and telecommuting programs."
Governor Kaine added (in part), "I hope that other states will follow Virginia's lead to promote and enable telework, so that it becomes standard practice in the work place. Telework is a win for all -- employers win, employees win, society wins, and the environment wins."
We who work from home can't agree with you more, Governor Kaine. Congratulations! We hope other public and private employers will follow your lead and emerge from the dark ages mind set of thinking that people who work from home don't get any work done.
Read the full press release.
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