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Fall 2009 town Hall Meeting
 Welcome, today is Friday, September 3, 2010


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Fall 2009 Town Hall Meeting - Schedule

7:30 a.m.
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8:15 a.m.
Registration and Continental Breakfast
Atrium
8:15 a.m.

8:30 a.m.
Welcome and Announcements

Stephen W.T. O'Keeffe
Executive Director
Telework Exchange
Atrium Hall
8:30 a.m.

9:15 a.m.

Opening Keynote Panel
Atrium Hall

Telework: Management and Technology

John Berry John Berry
Director
U.S. Office of Personnel Management

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Aneesh Chopra Aneesh Chopra
Assistant to the President and Chief Technology Officer
Office of Science and Technology Policy
Executive Office of the President

View Video Supplemental Material – Obama's Innovation Agenda

9:15 a.m.

9:45 a.m.
Networking Break
Atrium
9:45 a.m.

11:00 a.m.
Track 1:
Policies and Management Support

Atrium Ballroom B
Track 2:
Remote Workforce Technology

Atrium Ballroom A
Session 1-1:
Telework – Building the Base
Session 1-1 Podcast | 1:15:25 | 172M
Session 2-1:
Business Continuity – Testing Your Telework and IT Infrastructure
Session 2-1 Podcast | 1:16:02 | 174M

Panelists:

Jennifer Alcott [Moderator]
Telework!VA Program Manager
Department of Rail and Public Transportation, Commonwealth of Virginia and 2009 Tele-Vision Award Winner for State Telework Driver

Patricia Connelly
Director, Human Resources
U.S. Peace Corps
View Presentation

Cynthia Heckmann
Chief Human Capital Officer
U.S. Government Accountability Office

Allison Tanner
Executive Officer
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Supplemental Material
1 - 2

Panelists:

Pamela Budda [Moderator]
Policy Program Manager and Telework Coordinator for Work/Life Programs, Civilian Personnel Management Service Policy Strategy Support Cell
U.S. Department of Defense

Joseph Ganci
Director of Audit Operations, COOP Coordinator, Office of Inspector General
U.S. Department of Labor View Presentation

Eric Kretz
Deputy Division Director of the National Continuity of Operations (COOP) Division
Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Department of Homeland Security View PresentationSupplemental Material
1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5

David Rubal
Unified Communications Manager
Cisco Federal
View Presentation

Josh Sawislak
Senior Advisor to the Administrator and Acting Chief of the Office of Emergency Response and Recovery
U.S. General Services Administration

Objectives:

  • Learn how to design and deploy an effective telework policy that supports agency mission
  • Alternate workplace options for a telework program
  • Best practices for determining employee telework eligibility and ineligibility
  • Ascertain specific training recommendations for teleworkers and their managers
  • Hear perspectives on how to gain management buy-in for telework
  • Discover common missteps in telework program development and expansion

Objectives:

  • Determine key components for infrastructures that support business continuity
  • Discover how telework and technology support agency preparedness and continuity of government operations
  • Learn how to evaluate your computing environment to ensure it is sufficient for a business continuity/telework environment
  • Gather lessons learned from recent business continuity exercises
  • Learn about the keys to designing and testing installed architectures for emergency readiness
11:00 a.m.

11:30 a.m.
Networking Break
Atrium
11:30 a.m.

12:45 p.m.
Track 1:
Policies and Management Support

Atrium Ballroom B
Track 2:
Remote Workforce Technology

Atrium Ballroom A
Session 1-2:
You Can't Manage What You Don't Measure
Session 1-2 Podcast | 1:18:15 | 179M
Session 2-2:
Always on the Move – IT Best Practices in Government Mobility
Session 2-2 Podcast | 1:17:58 | 178M

Panelists:

Kimberly Wells [Moderator]
Lead Research Psychologist Work/Life Group
U.S. Office of Personnel Management View Presentation

Janie Bowen
Tax Commissioner
Virginia Department of Taxation, Commonwealth of Virginia View Presentation

David Clifton
Director, Business Enterprise Headquarters
U.S. Marine Corps

Aaron Glover
Special Assistant to the Director of Manpower, Personnel, and Security
Defense Information Systems Agency View Presentation

Panelists:

Tom Temin [Moderator]
Media and Government Communications Consultant and Anchor
Federal News Radio

Greg Najjar
Director, Solutions Engineering
Sprint View Presentation

Noah Nason
Chief, Information Services Division, Office of Science and Technology
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, U.S. Department of Justice View Presentation

Theresa Noll
Senior Telework Program Analyst, Office of Governmentwide Policy
U.S. General Services Administration View Presentation

Tomas Soderstrom
IT Chief Technology Officer
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration View Presentation

Objectives:

  • Create effective telework goals
  • Measure telework program participation
  • Learn how to make continuous improvements to initiatives and measurements
  • Realistic ways to gauge employee performance and productivity
  • Develop practical solutions for automated telework tracking systems
  • Incorporate appropriate techniques for compliance data collection and reporting

Objectives:

  • Proven technologies used to expand employee mobility and telework programs
  • Understand mobile applications available today that best support teleworkers
  • Key policy considerations for equipment, reimbursements, and program funding
  • Learn recommended strategies to secure network access
  • Discuss the pros and cons of using government-furnished versus employee-owned devices for the remote and mobile workforce
12:45 p.m.

2:00 p.m.
Luncheon and Keynote
Atrium Hall

A Breath of Fresh Air

Janice Nolen Janice Nolen
Assistant Vice President
National Policy and Advocacy
American Lung Association

View Presentation View Video
2:00 p.m.

2:15 p.m.
Networking Break
Atrium
2:15 p.m.

3:30 p.m.
Track 1:
Policies and Management Support

Atrium Ballroom B
Track 2:
Remote Workforce Technology

Atrium Ballroom A
Session 1-3:
Market Your Telework Program – Internal and Beyond
Session 1-3 Podcast | 1:14:38 | 170M
Session 2-3:
Secure Telework and Remote Access
Session 2-3 Podcast | 1:14:18 | 170M

Panelists:

John Palguta [Moderator]
Vice President, Policy
Partnership for Public Service

Kenneth Buckeye
Program Manager, Office of Policy Analysis, Research & Innovation
Minnesota Department of Transportation View Presentation

Danette Campbell
Senior Telework Advisor
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Department of Commerce View Presentation

Lisa McLane
Special Projects Director
Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Department of the Treasury

Panelists:

Ari Schwartz [Moderator]
Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Center for Democracy and Technology

David Coley
Director, Public Sector Technical Services
Research In Motion View Presentation

Mary HorseChief
Information Systems Security Officer
Overseas Private Investment Corporation
View Presentation

Richard Kissel
Senior Information Security Analyst
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Supplemental Material

Vaughn Noga
Acting Director, Office of Technology Operations and Planning Office of Environmental Information
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency View Presentation

Objectives:

  • Learn how organizations are introducing and promoting telework to management and employees
  • Telework best practices that support retention of valuable employees and recruiting next generation staff
  • Understand how to demonstrate productivity gains and showcase telework as a valuable program
  • Hear how telework can support agency missions, business continuity, environmental stewardship, and the evolving workforce

Objectives:

  • Hear how to secure data in a mobile environment
  • Key policy considerations and procedures for mobile employees
  • A discussion of end point and network security – and how technology can help
  • Understand how agencies are training employees for secure, mobile operations
  • Best practices on security upgrades, automated patch management, and ways to keep mobile configurations current
3:30 p.m. Closing Remarks

*Program subject to change