Telework (also called telecommuting) is the ability to do the work at a location other than the "official duty station." With portable computers, high speed telecommunications links, and ever-present pocket communications devices, many employees today can work almost anywhere at least some of the time. Using the flexibility to work in a home office or telework center when it is effective to do so is clearly the wave of the future, and for many, the future is already here.

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and GSA have established this joint website on Telework to provide access to guidance issued by both agencies. There is information for employees who think they might like to telework (or are already doing so), for managers and supervisors who supervise teleworkers, and for agency telework coordinators.