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 <subtitle>TeleworkNetwork.com is a network of ideas and people which provide you with the tools you need to learn about, succeed, and survive the telework world.</subtitle>
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  <name>John Edwards</name>
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 <updated>2009-07-02T01:53:01-05:00</updated>
 <entry>
   <title>Dagwood Suffers from a Boss Insecure in his Ability to Manage a Virtual Team</title>
   <link href="http://www.teleworknetwork.com/16.html#1057"/>
   <id>tag:www.teleworknetwork.com,2009-07-01:1057</id>
   <summary>2009-07-02 Blog Entry: Blondie's Husband Dagwood, both of Comic strip fame, works from home one day/week, but he has a manager who micromanages Dagwood when he's telecommuting.</summary>
   <category term="Community: the TeleworkNetwork blog"/>
   <updated>2009-07-01T23:14:44-05:00</updated>
   <published>2009-07-01T23:06:29-05:00</published>
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   <title>Defense takes 15 years to establish need for secure Telework.</title>
   <link href="http://www.teleworknetwork.com/16.html#1056"/>
   <id>tag:www.teleworknetwork.com,2009-06-29:1056</id>
   <summary>2009-06-28 Blog Entry: Defense Dept takes 15 years for need for secure Telework. -- Serious duh! The sad chronology of the DoD's inaptitude to protect the US follows.</summary>
   <category term="Community: the TeleworkNetwork blog"/>
   <updated>2009-06-29T13:40:15-05:00</updated>
   <published>2009-06-29T12:10:52-05:00</published>
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   <title>WSJ Small Business June 2nd article Misses 1/2 the Opportunity</title>
   <link href="http://www.teleworknetwork.com/16.html#1054"/>
   <id>tag:www.teleworknetwork.com,2009-06-02:1054</id>
   <summary>2009-06-02 Blog Entry: WSJ Small Business June 2nd article provides a good summary of the Home-Based Business legal issues related to producing and selling a product from home but misses the opportunity for Work@Home using only a phone and computer and how Government can help.</summary>
   <category term="Community: the TeleworkNetwork blog"/>
   <updated>2009-06-29T13:39:26-05:00</updated>
   <published>2009-06-02T16:16:42-05:00</published>
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   <title>Telework Policies must allow for both Natural &amp; Human Caused Disasters.</title>
   <link href="http://www.teleworknetwork.com/16.html#1051"/>
   <id>tag:www.teleworknetwork.com,2009-05-02:1051</id>
   <summary>2009-05-02 Blog Entry: Telework Policies must allow for both Natural and Human Caused Disasters, including the weakest link of all - the human one.</summary>
   <category term="Community: the TeleworkNetwork blog"/>
   <updated>2009-05-02T16:09:45-05:00</updated>
   <published>2009-05-02T15:50:21-05:00</published>
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   <title>With the whiff of Swine [flu] in the air might employers finally get on board Telework - better had?</title>
   <link href="http://www.teleworknetwork.com/16.html#1050"/>
   <id>tag:www.teleworknetwork.com,2009-04-26:1050</id>
   <summary>2009-04-26 Blog Entry: Now that the U.S. has declared a public health emergency to deal with the new swine flu, a telework capability is obligatory.</summary>
   <category term="Community: the TeleworkNetwork blog"/>
   <updated>2009-05-06T15:03:55-05:00</updated>
   <published>2009-04-26T16:02:28-05:00</published>
 </entry>
 <entry>
   <title>Open Letter to our 1st Chief Technology Officer - Aneesh Chopra</title>
   <link href="http://www.teleworknetwork.com/16.html#1047"/>
   <id>tag:www.teleworknetwork.com,2009-04-21:1047</id>
   <summary>2009-04-21 Blog Entry: We have, in Aneesh Chopra as the 1st CTO, the best advocate for the adoption of Telework as a National Strategy to be vigorously used to promote the US's global competitiveness.</summary>
   <category term="Community: the TeleworkNetwork blog"/>
   <updated>2009-06-03T02:00:46-05:00</updated>
   <published>2009-04-21T19:09:43-05:00</published>
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 <entry>
   <title>Broadband Stimulus does NOT need FCC Gap Analysis Map</title>
   <link href="http://www.teleworknetwork.com/16.html#1046"/>
   <id>tag:www.teleworknetwork.com,2009-04-09:1046</id>
   <summary>2009-04-09 Blog Entry: Broadband Stimulus does NOT need an FCC Gap Analysis Map, because the private sector will have gone a long way to having obligated 1. the $7.2B for BBand Infrastructure improvements, and 2. the $59B for digitizing Medical Data.</summary>
   <category term="Community: the TeleworkNetwork blog"/>
   <updated>2009-04-24T18:28:04-05:00</updated>
   <published>2009-04-09T12:11:25-05:00</published>
 </entry>
 <entry>
   <title>Save your Job -- Telework!</title>
   <link href="http://www.teleworknetwork.com/16.html#1040"/>
   <id>tag:www.teleworknetwork.com,2009-03-23:1040</id>
   <summary>2009-03-23 Blog Entry: It is anti-intuitive, but being a teleworker helps to make your job more secure.</summary>
   <category term="Community: the TeleworkNetwork blog"/>
   <updated>2009-03-24T01:59:01-05:00</updated>
   <published>2009-03-23T16:22:58-05:00</published>
 </entry>
 <entry>
   <title>States Not Spending Free Federal Money</title>
   <link href="http://www.teleworknetwork.com/16.html#1039"/>
   <id>tag:www.teleworknetwork.com,2009-03-18:1039</id>
   <summary>2009-03-18 Blog Entry: In the last decade, States failed to use Federal handouts, based on their population numbers.</summary>
   <category term="Community: the TeleworkNetwork blog"/>
   <updated>2009-03-18T23:41:59-05:00</updated>
   <published>2009-03-18T20:50:35-05:00</published>
 </entry>
 <entry>
   <title>&quot;Presenteeism&quot; Passes Illness to Co-Workers &amp; Clients -- HR must change a policy.</title>
   <link href="http://www.teleworknetwork.com/16.html#1037"/>
   <id>tag:www.teleworknetwork.com,2009-03-01:1037</id>
   <summary>2009-03-01 Blog Entry: Presenteeism Passes Illness to Co-Workers &amp; Clients -- HR must change the old, traditional Sick days &amp; Holiday/Vacation days to Personal days for employees to use however fits their need to manage their lives between work time &amp; private time.</summary>
   <category term="Community: the TeleworkNetwork blog"/>
   <updated>2009-03-04T03:32:22-05:00</updated>
   <published>2009-03-01T15:07:43-05:00</published>
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   <title>USDA should not administer Broadband provisions of Stimulus Bill</title>
   <link href="http://www.teleworknetwork.com/16.html#1036"/>
   <id>tag:www.teleworknetwork.com,2009-02-23:1036</id>
   <summary>2009-02-23 Blog Entry: BB and Stimulus Bills need protection - here's how</summary>
   <category term="Community: the TeleworkNetwork blog"/>
   <updated>2009-02-25T02:19:40-05:00</updated>
   <published>2009-02-23T21:21:17-05:00</published>
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 <entry>
   <title>The Leader of the Free World Works from Home</title>
   <link href="http://www.teleworknetwork.com/16.html#1034"/>
   <id>tag:www.teleworknetwork.com,2009-02-02:1034</id>
   <summary>2009-02-02 Blog Entry: On NBC's Today Show this morning, the Prez explains clearly how working from home gives him a life &amp; helps him be more productive.</summary>
   <category term="Community: the TeleworkNetwork blog"/>
   <updated>2009-02-25T02:18:13-05:00</updated>
   <published>2009-02-02T15:18:53-05:00</published>
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   <title>We have a new President - so what now for Telework?</title>
   <link href="http://www.teleworknetwork.com/16.html#1031"/>
   <id>tag:www.teleworknetwork.com,2009-01-24:1031</id>
   <summary>2009-01-24 Blog Entry: President Obama, with the help (let's hope so) of Congress a planning to spend $825B to revive/save our economy, so how can Telework bring more jobs, help save the planet, make us more competitive globally, while providing better health care?</summary>
   <category term="Community: the TeleworkNetwork blog"/>
   <updated>2009-02-25T02:20:10-05:00</updated>
   <published>2009-01-24T22:43:07-05:00</published>
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   <title>President-elect Obama's hotel stay traffic chaos</title>
   <link href="http://www.teleworknetwork.com/16.html#1027"/>
   <id>tag:www.teleworknetwork.com,2009-01-05:1027</id>
   <summary>2009-01-05 Blog Entry: President Obama and all that his Inauguration entails will be causing the area of DC within the Baltway to be more of a parking lot than ever - there's only one solution; work from home or from one of your employer's offices nearer to home.</summary>
   <category term="Community: the TeleworkNetwork blog"/>
   <updated>2009-01-31T14:32:43-05:00</updated>
   <published>2009-01-05T18:41:50-05:00</published>
 </entry>
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   <title>Our Founder</title>
   <link href="http://www.teleworknetwork.com/31.html"/>
   <id>tag:www.teleworknetwork.com,2007-11-23:31</id>
   <summary>About Our Founder: John M. H. Edwards is the Founder of the TelworkNetwork and has spent almost two decades dedicated to the teleworking movement. By reading some of his accomplishments below, it is easy to see the extent of his commitment to the field.</summary>
   <category term="Our Founder"/>
   <updated>2009-04-26T15:20:03-05:00</updated>
   <published>2007-11-23T01:25:08-05:00</published>
 </entry>
 <entry>
   <title>Green IT Symposium</title>
   <link href="http://www.teleworknetwork.com/1024.html"/>
   <id>tag:www.teleworknetwork.com,2009-01-02:1024</id>
   <summary>2009-09-10: &quot;A product's greenness is becoming a more important economic component in the IT buying equation&quot;. True or False? Find out!</summary>
   <category term="Calendar"/>
   <updated>2009-01-03T23:17:04-05:00</updated>
   <published>2009-01-02T16:43:44-05:00</published>
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   <title>Dark Ages White House Tech has Lessons for Telework Programs</title>
   <link href="http://www.teleworknetwork.com/1032.html"/>
   <id>tag:www.teleworknetwork.com,2009-01-26:1032</id>
   <summary>2009-01-26: When the Obama White House staff took over their offices, they were confronted with having to cope with almost rotary-dial past technologies, rather than the iPhone technology used to win the election. What lessons can Telework programs learn?</summary>
   <category term="In the Media"/>
   <updated>2009-02-25T02:32:41-05:00</updated>
   <published>2009-01-26T18:31:06-05:00</published>
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   <title>The Telework Network Launches Website to Support Telecommuting</title>
   <link href="http://www.teleworknetwork.com/1033.html"/>
   <id>tag:www.teleworknetwork.com,2009-01-31:1033</id>
   <summary>2009-01-31: In Unstable Economy, Flexible Work Options Help Employees and Employers</summary>
   <category term="Press Releases"/>
   <updated>2009-01-31T15:54:22-05:00</updated>
   <published>2009-01-31T15:20:24-05:00</published>
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 <entry>
   <title>Telecommuting Trend Gets Serious</title>
   <link href="http://www.teleworknetwork.com/1038.html"/>
   <id>tag:www.teleworknetwork.com,2009-03-12:1038</id>
   <summary>2009-03-12: This PC Week Online 1998 article was prescient of how Call Center operations were using technology to evolve.</summary>
   <category term="In the Media"/>
   <updated>2009-03-13T03:17:58-05:00</updated>
   <published>2009-03-12T19:13:12-05:00</published>
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 <entry>
   <title>Telework for ADA Compliance</title>
   <link href="http://www.teleworknetwork.com/1042.html"/>
   <id>tag:www.teleworknetwork.com,2009-03-25:1042</id>
   <summary>Telework has been approved by the Equal Opportunities Commission of the Dept of Labour as a Reasonable Accomodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).</summary>
   <category term="for Managers"/>
   <updated>2009-03-26T02:49:48-05:00</updated>
   <published>2009-03-25T10:41:21-05:00</published>
 </entry>
 <entry>
   <title>Telecommuting Costs and Benefits</title>
   <link href="http://www.teleworknetwork.com/1043.html"/>
   <id>tag:www.teleworknetwork.com,2009-03-25:1043</id>
   <summary>An expanded descriptive list of the Costs and Benefits of Telecommuting from the points of view of employers, employees and society at large.</summary>
   <category term="Cost/Benefit"/>
   <updated>2009-03-26T02:40:07-05:00</updated>
   <published>2009-03-25T13:13:47-05:00</published>
 </entry>
 <entry>
   <title>Telework Makes India's Women more Free</title>
   <link href="http://www.teleworknetwork.com/1048.html"/>
   <id>tag:www.teleworknetwork.com,2009-04-23:1048</id>
   <summary>2009-04-23: How Telework has helped to Make India's Women more Free. IT has enabled some women to become the primary wage earners in their families, giving them more control over household decisions, especially financial ones, thus promoting more gender equality.</summary>
   <category term="In the Media"/>
   <updated>2009-04-28T06:19:52-05:00</updated>
   <published>2009-04-23T09:05:26-05:00</published>
 </entry>
 <entry>
   <title>Deja Vue article from 2001 is Valid in 2009</title>
   <link href="http://www.teleworknetwork.com/1049.html"/>
   <id>tag:www.teleworknetwork.com,2009-04-23:1049</id>
   <summary>2009-04-23: It's uncanny how appropriate Toni's article is in 2009 - her summary of the present state of journalism and the economy is uncannily close. Yes, Virginia, history does repeat itself.</summary>
   <category term="In the Media"/>
   <updated>2009-04-24T02:12:46-05:00</updated>
   <published>2009-04-23T19:35:16-05:00</published>
 </entry>
 <entry>
   <title>Elliot Masie's Learning 2009 (Nov 8 to 11 - Orlando)</title>
   <link href="http://www.teleworknetwork.com/1053.html"/>
   <id>tag:www.teleworknetwork.com,2009-05-09:1053</id>
   <summary>2009-11-08: Elliot Masie hosts his annual gathering of Learning and Training professionals from around the world. One of the best Professional development opportunities for you and your organization. Content designed for and by Learning Professionals.</summary>
   <category term="Calendar"/>
   <updated>2009-05-09T18:21:54-05:00</updated>
   <published>2009-05-09T13:00:44-05:00</published>
 </entry>
 <entry>
   <title>Top 10 Things to Know About Data Protection</title>
   <link href="http://www.teleworknetwork.com/1055.html"/>
   <id>tag:www.teleworknetwork.com,2009-06-06:1055</id>
   <summary>The FBI says that 46% of companies suffer a laptop loss or theft, costing $30K per respondent. Some reports value Consequential losses @ over $900K - yes, that much.</summary>
   <category term="Checklists"/>
   <updated>2009-06-06T20:42:48-05:00</updated>
   <published>2009-06-06T14:19:26-05:00</published>
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