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‘‘(C) notify all employees of the agency of their eligi-
bility to telework. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—An employee may not telework under 
a policy established under this section if— 
‘‘(A) the employee has been officially disciplined for 
being absent without permission for more than 5 days 
in any calendar year; or 
‘‘(B) the employee has been officially disciplined for 
violations of subpart G of the Standards of Ethical Conduct 
for Employees of the Executive Branch for viewing, 
downloading, or exchanging pornography, including child 
pornography, on a Federal Government computer or while 
performing official Federal Government duties. 
‘‘(b) PARTICIPATION.—The policy described under subsection (a) 
shall— 
‘‘(1) ensure that telework does not diminish employee 
performance or agency operations; 
‘‘(2) require a written agreement that— 
‘‘(A) is entered into between an agency manager and 
an employee authorized to telework, that outlines the spe-
cific work arrangement that is agreed to; and 
‘‘(B) is mandatory in order for any employee to partici-
pate in telework; 
‘‘(3) provide that an employee may not be authorized to 
telework if the performance of that employee does not comply 
with the terms of the written agreement between the agency 
manager and that employee; 
‘‘(4) except in emergency situations as determined by the 
head of an agency, not apply to any employee of the agency 
whose official duties require on a daily basis (every work day)— 
‘‘(A) direct handling of secure materials determined 
to be inappropriate for telework by the agency head; or 
‘‘(B) on-site activity that cannot be handled remotely 
or at an alternate worksite; and 
‘‘(5) be incorporated as part of the continuity of operations 
plans of the agency in the event of an emergency. 
‘‘§ 6503. Training and monitoring 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The head of each executive agency shall 
ensure that— 
‘‘(1) an interactive telework training program is provided 
to— 
‘‘(A) employees eligible to participate in the telework 
program of the agency; and 
‘‘(B) all managers of teleworkers; 
‘‘(2) except as provided under subsection (b), an employee 
has successfully completed the interactive telework training 
program before that employee enters into a written agreement 
to telework described under section 6502(b)(2); 
‘‘(3) teleworkers and nonteleworkers are treated the same 
for purposes of— 
‘‘(A) 
periodic 
appraisals 
of 
job 
performance 
of 
employees; 
‘‘(B) training, rewarding, reassigning, promoting, 
reducing in grade, retaining, and removing employees; 
‘‘(C) work requirements; or 
‘‘(D) other acts involving managerial discretion; and
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‘‘(4) 
when 
determining 
what 
constitutes 
diminished 
employee performance, the agency shall consult the perform-
ance management guidelines of the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment. 
‘‘(b) TRAINING REQUIREMENT EXEMPTIONS.—The head of an 
executive agency may provide for an exemption from the training 
requirements under subsection (a), if the head of that agency deter-
mines that the training would be unnecessary because the employee 
is already teleworking under a work arrangement in effect before 
the date of enactment of this chapter. 
‘‘§ 6504. Policy and support 
‘‘(a) AGENCY CONSULTATION WITH THE OFFICE OF PERSONNEL 
MANAGEMENT.—Each executive agency shall consult with the Office 
of Personnel Management in developing telework policies. 
‘‘(b) GUIDANCE AND CONSULTATION.—The Office of Personnel 
Management shall— 
‘‘(1) provide policy and policy guidance for telework in 
the areas of pay and leave, agency closure, performance 
management, official worksite, recruitment and retention, and 
accommodations for employees with disabilities; 
‘‘(2) assist each agency in establishing appropriate quali-
tative and quantitative measures and teleworking goals; and 
‘‘(3) consult with— 
‘‘(A) the Federal Emergency Management Agency on 
policy and policy guidance for telework in the areas of 
continuation of operations and long-term emergencies; 
‘‘(B) the General Services Administration on policy and 
policy guidance for telework in the areas of telework cen-
ters, travel, technology, equipment, and dependent care; 
and 
‘‘(C) the National Archives and Records Administration 
on policy and policy guidance for telework in the areas 
of efficient and effective records management and the 
preservation of records, including Presidential and Vice- 
Presidential records. 
‘‘(c) SECURITY GUIDELINES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget, in coordination with the Department of 
Homeland Security and the National Institute of Standards 
and Technology, shall issue guidelines not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this chapter to ensure the 
adequacy of information and security protections for informa-
tion and information systems used while teleworking. 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—Guidelines issued under this subsection 
shall, at a minimum, include requirements necessary to— 
‘‘(A) control access to agency information and informa-
tion systems; 
‘‘(B) protect agency information (including personally 
identifiable information) and information systems; 
‘‘(C) limit the introduction of vulnerabilities; 
‘‘(D) protect information systems not under the control 
of the agency that are used for teleworking; 
‘‘(E) safeguard wireless and other telecommunications 
capabilities that are used for teleworking; and
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‘‘(F) prevent inappropriate use of official time or 
resources that violates subpart G of the Standards of Eth-
ical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch by 
viewing, 
downloading, 
or 
exchanging 
pornography, 
including child pornography. 
‘‘(d) CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS PLANS.— 
‘‘(1) INCORPORATION
INTO
CONTINUITY
OF
OPERATIONS 
PLANS.—Each executive agency shall incorporate telework into 
the continuity of operations plan of that agency. 
‘‘(2) 
CONTINUITY
OF
OPERATIONS
PLANS
SUPERSEDE 
TELEWORK POLICY.—During any period that an executive agency 
is operating under a continuity of operations plan, that plan 
shall supersede any telework policy. 
‘‘(e) TELEWORK WEBSITE.—The Office of Personnel Management 
shall— 
‘‘(1) maintain a central telework website; and 
‘‘(2) include on that website related— 
‘‘(A) telework links; 
‘‘(B) announcements; 
‘‘(C) guidance developed by the Office of Personnel 
Management; and 
‘‘(D) guidance submitted by the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, and the General Services Administra-
tion to the Office of Personnel Management not later than 
10 business days after the date of submission. 
‘‘(f) POLICY GUIDANCE ON PURCHASING COMPUTER SYSTEMS.— 
Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this 
chapter, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
shall issue policy guidance requiring each executive agency when 
purchasing computer systems, to purchase computer systems that 
enable and support telework, unless the head of the agency deter-
mines that there is a mission-specific reason not to do so. 
‘‘§ 6505. Telework Managing Officer 
‘‘(a) DESIGNATION.—The head of each executive agency shall 
designate an employee of the agency as the Telework Managing 
Officer. The Telework Managing Officer shall be established within 
the Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer or a comparable 
office with similar functions. 
‘‘(b) DUTIES.—The Telework Managing Officer shall— 
‘‘(1) be devoted to policy development and implementation 
related to agency telework programs; 
‘‘(2) serve as— 
‘‘(A) an advisor for agency leadership, including the 
Chief Human Capital Officer; 
‘‘(B) a resource for managers and employees; and 
‘‘(C) a primary agency point of contact for the Office 
of Personnel Management on telework matters; and 
‘‘(3) perform other duties as the applicable delegating 
authority may assign. 
‘‘(c) STATUS WITHIN AGENCY.—The Telework Managing Officer 
of an agency shall be a senior official of the agency who has 
direct access to the head of the agency. 
‘‘(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION REGARDING STATUS OF TELEWORK 
MANAGING OFFICER.—Nothing in this section shall be construed 
to prohibit an individual who holds another office or position in
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an agency from serving as the Telework Managing Officer for the 
agency under this chapter. 
‘‘§ 6506. Reports 
‘‘(a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘executive agency’ 
shall not include the Government Accountability Office. 
‘‘(b) REPORTS BY THE OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT.— 
‘‘(1) SUBMISSION OF REPORTS.—Not later than 18 months 
after the date of enactment of this chapter and on an annual 
basis thereafter, the Director of the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment, in consultation with Chief Human Capital Officers 
Council, shall— 
‘‘(A) submit a report addressing the telework programs 
of each executive agency to— 
‘‘(i) the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and 
‘‘(ii) the Committee on Oversight and Government 
Reform of the House of Representatives; and 
‘‘(B) transmit a copy of the report to the Comptroller 
General and the Office of Management and Budget. 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—Each report submitted under this sub-
section shall include— 
‘‘(A) the degree of participation by employees of each 
executive agency in teleworking during the period covered 
by the report (and for each executive agency whose head 
is referred to under section 5312, the degree of participation 
in each bureau, division, or other major administrative 
unit of that agency), including— 
‘‘(i) the total number of employees in the agency; 
‘‘(ii) the number and percent of employees in the 
agency who are eligible to telework; and 
‘‘(iii) the number and percent of eligible employees 
in the agency who are teleworking— 
‘‘(I) 3 or more days per pay period; 
‘‘(II) 1 or 2 days per pay period; 
‘‘(III) once per month; and 
‘‘(IV) on an occasional, episodic, or short-term 
basis; 
‘‘(B) the method for gathering telework data in each 
agency; 
‘‘(C) if the total number of employees teleworking is 
10 percent higher or lower than the previous year in any 
agency, the reasons for the positive or negative variation; 
‘‘(D) the agency goal for increasing participation to 
the extent practicable or necessary for the next reporting 
period, as indicated by the percent of eligible employees 
teleworking in each frequency category described under 
subparagraph (A)(iii); 
‘‘(E) an explanation of whether or not the agency met 
the goals for the last reporting period and, if not, what 
actions are being taken to identify and eliminate barriers 
to maximizing telework opportunities for the next reporting 
period; 
‘‘(F) an assessment of the progress each agency has 
made in meeting agency participation rate goals during 
the reporting period, and other agency goals relating to 
telework, such as the impact of telework on—