IIB 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1722 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 15, 2010 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs 

AN ACT 

To require the head of each executive agency to establish 

and implement a policy under which employees shall 

be authorized to telework, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Telework Improve3 ments Act of 2010’’. 

4 SEC. 2. TELEWORK. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Part III of title 5, United States 

6 Code, is amended by inserting after chapter 63 the fol7 lowing: 

8 ‘‘CHAPTER 65—TELEWORK 

‘‘Sec. 

‘‘6501. Definitions. 

‘‘6502. Governmentwide telework requirement. 

‘‘6503. Implementation. 

‘‘6504. Telework Managing Officer. 

‘‘6505. Evaluating telework in agencies. 

9 ‘‘§ 6501. Definitions 

10 ‘‘For purposes of this chapter— 

11 ‘‘(1) the term ‘agency’ means an Executive 

12 agency (as defined by section 105), except as other13 wise provided in this chapter; 

14 ‘‘(2) the term ‘telework’ or ‘teleworking’ refers 

15 to a work flexibility arrangement under which an 

16 employee performs the duties and responsibilities of 

17 such employee’s position, and other authorized ac18 tivities, from an approved worksite other than the lo19 cation from which the employee would otherwise 

20 work; 

21 ‘‘(3) the term ‘continuity of operations’, as used 

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1 signed to ensure that functions essential to the mis2 sion of the agency can continue to be performed dur3 ing a wide range of emergencies, including localized 

4 acts of nature, accidents, public health emergencies, 

5 and technological or attack-related emergencies; and 

6 ‘‘(4) the term ‘Telework Managing Officer’ 

7 means, with respect to an agency, the Telework 

8 Managing Officer of the agency designated under 

9 section 6504. 

10 ‘‘§ 6502. Governmentwide telework requirement 

11 ‘‘(a) TELEWORK REQUIREMENT.— 

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year 

13 after the date of the enactment of this chapter, the 

14 head of each agency shall establish a policy under 

15 which employees shall be authorized to telework, 

16 subject to paragraph (2) and subsection (b). 

17 ‘‘(2) AGENCY POLICIES.—The head of each 

18 agency shall ensure— 

19 ‘‘(A) that the telework policy established 

20 under this section— 

21 ‘‘(i) conforms to the regulations pro22 mulgated by the Director of the Office of 

23 Personnel Management under section 

24 6503, and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) authorizes employees to telework 

2 to the maximum extent possible without di3 minishing agency operations and perform4 ance; and 

5 ‘‘(B) that information on whether a posi6 tion is eligible for telework is included in de7 scriptions of available positions and recruiting 

8 materials. 

9 ‘‘(b) LIMITATIONS.— 

10 ‘‘(1) CERTAIN EMPLOYEES NOT AUTHORIZED

11 TO TELEWORK.—An employee may not telework 

12 under a policy established under this chapter if any 

13 of the following apply to the employee: 

14 ‘‘(A) The employee has a seriously delin15 quent tax debt (as determined under paragraph 

16 (2)). 

17 ‘‘(B) The employee has been officially dis18 ciplined for violations of subpart G of the 

19 Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of 

20 the Executive Branch for viewing, downloading, 

21 or exchanging pornography, including child por22 nography, on a Federal Government computer 

23 or while performing official Federal Govern24 ment duties. 


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1 ‘‘(C) The employee received a payment 

2 under the Low-Income Home Energy Assist3 ance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621 et seq.) but 

4 was ineligible to receive the payment under the 

5 criteria described in section 2605(b)(2) of such 

6 Act (42 U.S.C. 8624(b)(2)). 

7 ‘‘(D) The employee has been officially dis8 ciplined for being absent without permission for 

9 more than 5 days in any calendar year. 

10 ‘‘(2) DETERMINATION OF SERIOUSLY DELIN11 QUENT TAX DEBT.— 

12 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of para13 graph (1)(A), a ‘seriously delinquent tax debt’ 

14 means an outstanding debt under the Internal 

15 Revenue Code of 1986 for which a notice of lien 

16 has been filed in public records pursuant to sec17 tion 6323 of such Code, except that such term 

18 does not include— 

19 ‘‘(i) a debt that is being paid in a 

20 timely manner pursuant to an agreement 

21 under section 6159 or section 7122 of such 

22 Code; 

23 ‘‘(ii) a debt with respect to which a 

24 levy has been issued under section 6331 of 

25 such Code upon accrued salary or wages 


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1 (or, in the case of an applicant for employ2 ment, a debt with respect to which the ap3 plicant agrees to be subject to a levy issued 

4 under such section upon accrued salary or 

5 wages); and 

6 ‘‘(iii) a debt with respect to which a 

7 collection due process hearing under sec8 tion 6330 of such Code, or relief under 

9 subsection (a), (b), or (f) of section 6015 

10 of such Code, is requested or pending. 

11 ‘‘(B) REGULATIONS.—The Office of Per12 sonnel Management shall, for purposes of car13 rying out this paragraph, prescribe any regula14 tions which the Office considers necessary, ex15 cept that such regulations shall provide that an 

16 individual shall be given a reasonable amount of 

17 time to demonstrate that the individual’s debt 

18 is described in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) of sub19 paragraph (A). 

20 ‘‘(3) CERTIFICATION OF SAVINGS.—An agency 

21 may not permit employees to telework under a policy 

22 established under this chapter unless the head of the 

23 agency certifies to the Director of the Office of Per24 sonnel Management that the implementation of the 

25 policy will result in savings to the agency. 


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1 ‘‘(4) PROVISIONS RELATING TO CERTAIN CIR2 CUMSTANCES.—Nothing in subsection (a) shall be 

3 considered— 

4 ‘‘(A) to require the head of an agency to 

5 authorize teleworking in the case of an em6 ployee whose duties and responsibilities— 

7 ‘‘(i) require daily direct handling of 

8 classified information; or 

9 ‘‘(ii) are such that their performance 

10 requires on-site activity which cannot be 

11 carried out from a site removed from the 

12 employee’s regular place of employment; or 

13 ‘‘(B) to prevent the temporary denial of 

14 permission for an employee to telework if, in 

15 the judgment of the agency head, the employee 

16 is needed to respond to an emergency. 

17 ‘‘(c) PROHIBITING COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ACTIVI18 TIES WHILE TELEWORKING.—Notwithstanding any provi19 sion of chapter 71, any time during which an employee 

20 teleworks may not be treated as ‘official time’ for purposes 

21 of the authority to carry out any activity under section 

22 7131 of this title. 

23 ‘‘(d) REQUIREMENT THAT PRESIDENTIAL AND VICE24 PRESIDENTIAL RECORDS CREATED ON NON-OFFICIAL

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1 TELEWORKING BE COPIED TO OFFICIAL ELECTRONIC

2 MAIL ACCOUNTS.—In the case of any employee who, while 

3 teleworking pursuant to a policy established under this 

4 chapter, creates or receives a Presidential record or Vice5 Presidential record within the meaning of chapter 22 of 

6 title 44, United States Code, through a non-official elec7 tronic mail account, a social media account, or any other 

8 method (electronic or otherwise), the employee shall elec9 tronically copy the record into the employee’s official elec10 tronic mail account. 

11 ‘‘(e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 

12 chapter shall— 

13 ‘‘(1) be considered to require any employee to 

14 telework; or 

15 ‘‘(2) prevent an agency from permitting an em16 ployee to telework as part of a continuity of oper17 ations plan. 

18 ‘‘§ 6503. Implementation 

19 ‘‘(a) RESPONSIBILITIES OF AGENCIES.—The head of 

20 each agency shall ensure that— 

21 ‘‘(1) appropriate training is provided to super22 visors and managers, and to all employees who are 

23 authorized to telework, as directed by the Telework 

24 Managing Officer of such agency; 


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1 ‘‘(2) the training covers the information secu2 rity guidelines issued by the Director of the Office 

3 of Management and Budget under this section; 

4 ‘‘(3) no distinction is made between teleworkers 

5 and nonteleworkers for purposes of— 

6 ‘‘(A) periodic appraisals of job perform7 ance of employees, 

8 ‘‘(B) training, rewarding, reassigning, pro9 moting, reducing in grade, retaining, or remov10 ing employees, 

11 ‘‘(C) work requirements, or 

12 ‘‘(D) other acts involving managerial dis13 cretion; 

14 ‘‘(4) in determining what constitutes diminished 

15 performance in the case of an employee who 

16 teleworks, the agency shall consult the performance 

17 management guidelines of the Office of Personnel 

18 Management; and 

19 ‘‘(5) in the case of an agency which is named 

20 in paragraph (1) or (2) of section 901(b) of title 31, 

21 the agency incorporates telework in its continuity of 

22 operations plans and uses telework in response to 

23 emergencies. 

24 ‘‘(b) RESPONSIBILITIES OF OPM.—The Director of 

25 the Office of Personnel Management shall— 


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1 ‘‘(1) not later than 180 days after the date of 

2 the enactment of this chapter, in consultation with 

3 the Administrator of General Services, promulgate 

4 regulations necessary to carry out this chapter, ex5 cept that such regulations shall not apply with re6 spect to the Government Accountability Office; 

7 ‘‘(2) provide advice, assistance, and any nec8 essary training to agencies with respect to the re9 quirements of this chapter, including with respect 

10 to— 

11 ‘‘(A) questions of eligibility to telework, 

12 such as the effect of employee performance on 

13 eligibility, and 

14 ‘‘(B) making telework part of the agency’s 

15 goals, including those of individual supervisors 

16 and managers; and 

17 ‘‘(3) in consultation with the Administrator of 

18 General Services, maintain a central, publicly avail19 able telework website that includes— 

20 ‘‘(A) any regulations relating to telework 

21 and any other information the Director con22 siders appropriate, 

23 ‘‘(B) an e-mail address which may be used 

24 to submit comments to the Director on agency 

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1 ‘‘(C) a copy of all reports issued under sec2 tion 6505(a). 

3 ‘‘(c) SECURITY GUIDELINES.—The Director of the 

4 Office of Management and Budget, in coordination with 

5 the National Institute of Standards and Technology, shall 

6 issue guidelines not later than 180 days after the date of 

7 the enactment of this chapter to ensure the adequacy of 

8 information and security protections for information and 

9 information systems used while teleworking. Such guide10 lines shall, at a minimum, include requirements nec11 essary— 

12 ‘‘(1) to control access to agency information 

13 and information systems; 

14 ‘‘(2) to protect agency information (including 

15 personally identifiable information) and information 

16 systems; 

17 ‘‘(3) to limit the introduction of vulnerabilities; 

18 ‘‘(4) to protect information systems not under 

19 the control of the agency that are used for tele20 working; 

21 ‘‘(5) to safeguard wireless and other tele22 communications capabilities that are used for tele23 working; and 

24 ‘‘(6) to prevent inappropriate use of official 

25 time or resources that violates subpart G of the 


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1 Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the 

2 Executive Branch by viewing, downloading, or ex3 changing pornography, including child pornography. 

4 ‘‘§ 6504. Telework Managing Officer 

5 ‘‘(a) DESIGNATION AND COMPENSATION.—Each 

6 agency shall designate an officer, to be known as the 

7 ‘Telework Managing Officer’. The Telework Managing Of8 ficer of an agency shall be designated— 

9 ‘‘(1) by the Chief Human Capital Officer of 

10 such agency; or 

11 ‘‘(2) if the agency does not have a Chief 

12 Human Capital Officer, by the head of such agency. 

13 ‘‘(b) STATUS WITHIN AGENCY.—The Telework Man14 aging Officer of an agency shall be a senior official of the 

15 agency who has direct access to the head of the agency. 

16 ‘‘(c) LIMITATIONS.—An individual may not hold the 

17 position of Telework Managing Officer as a noncareer ap18 pointee (as defined in section 3132(a)(7)), and such posi19 tion may not be considered or determined to be of a con20 fidential, policy-determining, policy-making, or policy ad21 vocating character. 

22 ‘‘(d) DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.—Each 

23 Telework Managing Officer of an agency shall— 


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1 ‘‘(1) provide advice on teleworking to the head 

2 of such agency and to the Chief Human Capital Of3 ficer of such agency (if any); 

4 ‘‘(2) serve as a resource on teleworking for su5 pervisors, managers, and employees of such agency; 

6 ‘‘(3) serve as the primary point of contact on 

7 telework matters for agency employees and (with re8 spect to such agency) for Congress and other agen9 cies; 

10 ‘‘(4) work with senior management of the agen11 cy to develop and implement a plan to incorporate 

12 telework into the agency’s regular business strate13 gies and its continuity of operations strategies, tak14 ing into consideration factors such as— 

15 ‘‘(A) cost-effectiveness, 

16 ‘‘(B) equipment, 

17 ‘‘(C) training, and 

18 ‘‘(D) data collection; 

19 ‘‘(5) ensure that the agency’s telework policy is 

20 communicated effectively to employees; 

21 ‘‘(6) ensure that electronic or written notifica22 tion is provided to each employee of specific telework 

23 programs and the agency’s telework policy, including 

24 authorization criteria and application procedures; 


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1 ‘‘(7) develop and administer a tracking system 

2 for compliance with Governmentwide telework re3 porting requirements; 

4 ‘‘(8) provide to the Director of the Office of 

5 Personnel Management and the Comptroller General 

6 such information as such individuals may require to 

7 prepare the reports required under section 6505, in8 cluding the techniques used to verify and validate 

9 data on telework, except that this paragraph shall 

10 not apply with respect to the Government Account11 ability Office; 

12 ‘‘(9) establish a system for receiving feedback 

13 from agency employees on the telework policy of the 

14 agency; 

15 ‘‘(10) develop and implement a program to 

16 identify and remove barriers to telework and to 

17 maximize telework opportunities in the agency; 

18 ‘‘(11) track and retain information on all deni19 als of permission to telework for employees who are 

20 authorized to telework, and report such information 

21 on an annual basis to— 

22 ‘‘(A) the Chief Human Capital Officer of 

23 such agency (or, if the agency does not have a 

24 Chief Human Capital Officer, the head of such 

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1 ‘‘(B) the Director of the Office of Per2 sonnel Management, for purposes of preparing 

3 the reports required under section 6505(a), ex4 cept that this subparagraph shall not apply 

5 with respect to the Government Accountability 

6 Office; 

7 ‘‘(12) ensure that employees are notified of 

8 grievance procedures available to them (if any) with 

9 respect to any disputes that relate to telework; and 

10 ‘‘(13) perform such other duties and respon11 sibilities relating to telework as the head of the 

12 agency may require. 

13 ‘‘(e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION REGARDING STATUS

14 OF TELEWORK MANAGING OFFICER.—Nothing in this 

15 section shall be construed to prohibit an individual who 

16 holds another office or position in an agency from serving 

17 as the Telework Managing Officer for the agency under 

18 this chapter. 

19 ‘‘§ 6505. Evaluating telework in agencies 

20 ‘‘(a) ANNUAL REPORT BY OPM.— 

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Office 

22 of Personnel Management shall submit to the Comp23 troller General and the appropriate committees of 

24 Congress a report evaluating the extent to which 

25 each agency is in compliance with this chapter with 


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1 respect to the period covered by the report, and shall 

2 include in the report an evaluation of each of the fol3 lowing: 

4 ‘‘(A) The degree of participation by em5 ployees of the agency in teleworking during the 

6 period. In the case of an agency which is an 

7 Executive department, the evaluation will in8 clude the degree of participation by employees 

9 of each component within the department, in10 cluding— 

11 ‘‘(i) the total number of employees in 

12 the agency; 

13 ‘‘(ii) the number and percentage of 

14 such employees who are eligible to 

15 telework; and 

16 ‘‘(iii) the number and percentage of 

17 such employees who do telework, broken 

18 down by the number and percentage who 

19 telework 3 or more days per week, one or 

20 two days per week, and less frequently 

21 than one day per week. 

22 ‘‘(B) The method the agency uses to gath23 er data on telework and the techniques used to 

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1 ‘‘(C) Whether the total number of employ2 ees who telework is at least 10% higher or 

3 lower than the number who teleworked during 

4 the previous reporting period and the reasons 

5 identified for any such change. 

6 ‘‘(D) The agency’s goal for increasing the 

7 number of employees who telework in the next 

8 reporting period. 

9 ‘‘(E) The extent to which the agency met 

10 the goal described in subparagraph (D) for its 

11 previous report, and, if the agency failed to 

12 meet the goal, the actions the agency plans to 

13 take to meet the goal for the next reporting pe14 riod. 

15 ‘‘(F) The best practices in agency telework 

16 programs. 

17 ‘‘(G) In the case of an agency which is 

18 named in paragraph (1) or (2) of section 

19 901(b) of title 31, the extent to which the agen20 cy incorporated telework in its continuity of op21 erations plans and used telework in response to 

22 emergencies. 

23 ‘‘(2) MINIMUM REQUIREMENT FOR COMPLI24 ANCE.—For purposes of the reports required under 

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1 agency is in compliance with the requirements of 

2 this chapter if the Director finds that the agency— 

3 ‘‘(A) reported the requested data accu4 rately and in a timely manner; and 

5 ‘‘(B) either met or exceeded the agency’s 

6 established telework goals, or provided expla7 nations as to why the goals were not met as 

8 well as the steps the agency is taking to meet 

9 the goals. 

10 ‘‘(3) REPORTING PERIOD; TIMING.—The Direc11 tor shall submit a report under this subsection with 

12 respect to the first 1-year period for which the regu13 lations promulgated by the Director under section 

14 6503(b) are in effect and each of the 4 succeeding 

15 1-year periods, and shall submit the report with re16 spect to a period not later than 6 months after the 

17 last day of the period to which the report relates. 

18 ‘‘(4) EXCLUSION OF GOVERNMENT ACCOUNT19 ABILITY OFFICE.—The Director shall not submit a 

20 report under this subsection with respect to the Gov21 ernment Accountability Office. 

22 ‘‘(b) REPORTS BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL.— 

23 ‘‘(1) EVALUATIONS OF REPORTS BY DIRECTOR

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1 Comptroller General shall review the report and sub2 mit a report to the appropriate committees of Con3 gress. The report shall evaluate the compliance of 

4 the Office of Personnel Management and agencies 

5 with this chapter and address the overall progress of 

6 agencies in carrying out this chapter, and shall in7 clude such other information and recommendations 

8 as the Comptroller General considers appropriate. 

9 ‘‘(2) REPORTS ON GOVERNMENT ACCOUNT10 ABILITY OFFICE.—The Comptroller General shall 

11 submit a report with respect to the Government Ac12 countability Office in the same manner and in ac13 cordance with the same requirements applicable to a 

14 report submitted by the Director with respect to any 

15 other agency under subsection (a). 

16 ‘‘(c) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE17 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘appropriate committees 

18 of Congress’ means— 

19 ‘‘(1) the Committee on Oversight and Govern20 ment Reform of the House of Representatives; and 

21 ‘‘(2) the Committee on Homeland Security and 

22 Governmental Affairs of the Senate.’’. 

23 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

24 (1) The analysis for part III of title 5, United States Code, 


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1 is amended by inserting after the item relating to chapter 

2 63 the following: 

‘‘65. Telework ...................................................................................... 6501’’. 

3 (2) Section 622 of the Departments of Commerce, 

4 Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies 

5 Appropriations Act, 2005, as contained in the Consoli6 dated Appropriations Act, 2005 (5 U.S.C. 6120 note) is 

7 amended by striking ‘‘designate a ‘Telework Coordinator’ 

8 to be’’ and inserting ‘‘designate a Telework Managing Of9 ficer or designate the Chief Human Capital Officer or 

10 other career employee to be’’. 

11 SEC. 3. POLICY GUIDANCE. 

12 Not later than the expiration of the 120-day period 

13 which begins on the date of the enactment of this Act, 

14 the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 

15 shall issue policy guidance requiring each Executive agen16 cy (as such term is defined in section 105 of title 5, United 

17 States Code), when purchasing computer systems, to pur18 chase computer systems that enable and support telework, 

19 unless the head of the agency determines that there is a 

20 mission-specific reason not to do so. 

21 SEC. 4. AUTHORITY FOR TELEWORK TRAVEL EXPENSE 

22 TEST PROGRAMS. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 

24 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 

25 the following: 


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1 ‘‘§ 5711. Authority for telework travel expense test 

2 programs 

3 ‘‘(a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 

4 subchapter, under a test program which the Administrator 

5 of General Services determines to be in the interest of the 

6 Government and approves, an employing agency may pay 

7 through the proper disbursing official any necessary travel 

8 expenses in lieu of any payment otherwise authorized or 

9 required under this subchapter for employees participating 

10 in a telework program. Under an approved test program, 

11 an agency may provide an employee with the option to 

12 waive any payment authorized or required under this sub13 chapter. An agency shall include in any request to the Ad14 ministrator for approval of such a test program an anal15 ysis of the expected costs and benefits and a set of criteria 

16 for evaluating the effectiveness of the program. 

17 ‘‘(2) Any test program operated under this section 

18 shall be designed to enhance cost savings or other effi19 ciencies that accrue to the Government. 

20 ‘‘(3) Under any test program operated under this sec21 tion, if an agency employee voluntarily relocates from the 

22 pre-existing duty station of that employee, the Adminis23 trator may authorize the employing agency to establish a 

24 reasonable maximum number of occasional visits to the 

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1 for payment of any accrued travel expenses by that agen2 cy. 

3 ‘‘(4) Nothing in this section is intended to limit the 

4 authority of any agency to conduct test programs. 

5 ‘‘(b) The Administrator shall transmit a description 

6 of any test program approved by the Administrator under 

7 this section, and the rationale for approval, to the appro8 priate committees of the Congress at least 30 days before 

9 the effective date of the program. 

10 ‘‘(c)(1) An agency authorized to conduct a test pro11 gram under this section shall provide to the Adminis12 trator, the Telework Managing Officer of that agency, and 

13 the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the 

14 results of the program not later than 3 months after com15 pletion of the program. 

16 ‘‘(2) The results in a report described under para17 graph (1) may include— 

18 ‘‘(A) the number of visits an employee makes to 

19 the pre-existing duty station of that employee; 

20 ‘‘(B) the travel expenses paid by the agency; 

21 ‘‘(C) the travel expenses paid by the employee; 

22 or 

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1 Managing Officer, and Congress in understanding 

2 the test program and the impact of the program. 

3 ‘‘(d) No more than 10 test programs under this sec4 tion may be conducted simultaneously. 

5 ‘‘(e) The authority to conduct test programs under 

6 this section shall expire 7 years after the date of the enact7 ment of the Telework Improvements Act of 2010. 

8 ‘‘(f) In this section, the term ‘appropriate committees 

9 of Congress’ means the Committee on Oversight and Gov10 ernment Reform of the House of Representatives and the 

11 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af12 fairs of the Senate.’’. 

13 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

14 for subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States 

15 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘Sec. 5711 Authority for telework travel expense test programs’’. 

16 SEC. 5. TELEWORK RESEARCH. 

17 (a) RESEARCH BY OPM ON TELEWORK.—The Direc18 tor of the Office of Personnel Management shall— 

19 (1) conduct studies on the utilization of 

20 telework by public and private sector entities that 

21 identify best practices and recommendations for the 

22 Federal government; 

23 (2) review the outcomes associated with an in24 crease in telework, including the effects of telework 

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1 ation and availability, urban transportation patterns, 

2 and the ability to anticipate the dispersal of work 

3 during periods of emergency; and 

4 (3) make any studies or reviews performed 

5 under this subsection available to the public. 

6 (b) USE OF CONTRACT TO CARRY OUT RESEARCH.— 

7 The Director of the Office of Personnel Management may 

8 carry out subsection (a) pursuant to a contract entered 

9 into by the Director using competitive procedures. 

Passed the House of Representatives July 14, 2010. 

Attest: LORRAINE C. MILLER, 

Clerk. 

By DEBORAH M. SPRIGGS, 

Deputy Clerk. 


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