FEDERAL AGENCY EFFORTS TO
PROMOTE AND USE TELEWORK CENTERS
Footnotes
1 The only agency to use a telework center not managed by GSA was the Department of Transportation (DOT), which used the Maryland National Guard facility in Laurel, Maryland for one employee on a part time basis over the past three years. DOT also used the Internal Coast Guard Facility in Virginia for one employee in FY2001.
2 In FY 1999, agencies were only required to pay 50 percent of the telework center fees out of their appropriations, with the remaining 50 percent subsidized by GSA.
3 In FY 2000, agencies were only required to pay 50 percent of the telework center fees with the remaining 50 percent subsidized by GSA.
4 FY 2001 was the first year federal agencies were required to pay 100 percent of the telework center fee.
5 Fees for space and use at a telework center vary at each location. The lowest fee for 2001 was at the Bowie/White Oak telework center located in Bowie, Maryland. The Bowie telework center charges a $250 monthly fee for full time use. The highest fee for 2001 was at the Woodbridge telework center located in Virginia. The Woodbridge telework center charges a $980 monthly fee for full time use. The remaining 13 telework centers in the metro DC area charged from $400 to $770 monthly for full time use. Appendix A of this report provides a summary of the fees for area telework centers.