President’s Corner

December 1, 2011

I thought it would be a good idea to tell both our new and returning visitors a little more about us. As always will be the case, please email me directly at chuck@TelCoa.org with any thoughts and comments you have.

The Telework Coalition (TelCoa), America’s leading nonprofit telework education and advocacy organization, based in Washington DC, was established in 2002 by a group of professionals with experience in addressing the benefits, adoption, and implementation of telework and telecommuting programs. This was in response to a growing need for a single, reliable source of reference material about technology’s impact on our economy, environment, energy usage, and our society in general. TelCoa focuses on how this technology is changing our lifestyles, organizational structures and workplace management, along with the policies, processes and procedures that support them.

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Guest Columnist

December 7, 2011

Nicole Belson Goluboff, Esq.
Author,
The Law of Telecommuting,
The Law of Telecommuting
Supplement,
Telecommuting for Lawyers

Using Telework to Create Jobs and Reduce the Deficit

As the country strives to gain its footing amidst the jobs crisis and the deficit crisis, lawmakers must focus on the traction telework offers.

Telework enables businesses to start hiring. By slashing overhead, recruitment and other business costs, telecommuting makes it more affordable for companies to bring on new personnel.

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On Monday, November 7, 2011, the two U.S. senators from Connecticut, Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) introduced a bill, S. 1811, that would end the ability of any state to tax income earned by telecommuters who are not physically located in that state. The Telework Coalition has long supported such legislation.

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Advisory Board

Gary Arlen, Senior Broadband Advisor, The Telework Coalition; President, Arlen Communications. (garyarlen@aol.com)

 

Nicole Belson Goluboff, Esq. Legislative Advisor; author of The Law of Telecommuting (ALI-ABA 2001) and its Supplement (2004), which concern the legal consequences of telecommuting for both employers and employees, and Telecommuting for Lawyers (American Bar Association, 1998). (goluboffn@gmail.com)

 

Susan Harrington, MS, PE, Health, Safety, and Ergonometric Advisor; Co- founder and President of Harrington Software Associates, Inc., (susan@hsainc.net)

 

John Vivadelli, Hoteling Advisor, founder and CEO of AgilQuest; (john.vivadelli@agilquest.com)

 

Michael Amigoni, Chief Operating Officer, ARO Inc., Division of Dibon, (mamigoni@callcenteroptions.com)

 

Lon Anderson, Director, Public & Government Relations, AAA Mid-Atlantic. (landerson@aaamidatlantic.com)

 

Monica L. Babine, Senior Associate, Program for Digital Initiatives, Division of Governmental Studies & Services, Washington State University Extension & College of Liberal Arts. Serves as the telework expert on of the Washington State Interagency Commute Trip Reduction Board. (babinem@wsu.edu)

 

Joshua Ball, Distance Earning Business Specialist, Eastern Kentucky Distance Earning Initiative, (jball0079@kctcs.edu)

 

Eddie Caine, Professional Services, Valley Metro, Regional Public Transportation Authority;  past President of ITAC;  co-founder of the Arizona Telecommuting Advisory Council.(ECaine@valleymetro.org)

 

Jose Calero, President and Founder, LapWorks Inc., (customersupport@laptopdesk.net)

 

Frank W. Connolly, Esq., Senior Council, Hilton Worldwide ; Subject Matter Expert on legal and HR issues affecting telework.(frank.connolly@hilton.com)

 

Gerry Connolly (D-VA), United States Congressman, previous Chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors,  recipient of The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments’ Scull Award, the region’s highest award for leadership, for his work on promoting telework/telecommuting throughout the Metropolitan Washington Region.

 

Debra A. Dinnocenzo , President, VirtualWorks!, Author of “101 Tips for Telecommuters”, (ddinnocenzo@virtualworkswell.com)

 

Michael Dziak, Chief Operating Officer, e-Work.com, Inc. (michael.dziak@e-work.com)

 

John M. H. Edwards, co-founder , The Telework Coalition, President & CEO Telework Network and Telework Analytics, Inc.;  Chairman, Telecommuting Task Force, Northern Virginia Technology Council; Past President, International Telework Association & Council (ITAC), Past President, Mid Atlantic Telework Advisory Council. (JEdwards@teleworknetwork.com)

 

Fred Ewald, Consultant/Project Manager, ARCCA Inc., (fewald@arcca.com)

 

John P. Fineran,President & CEO, FinTel Communications, a technology brokerage firm, (jpf@fintelcom.com)

 

Lawrence (Larry) R. Freedman, Attorney and Partner, Law firm of Edwards, Angell, Palmer & Dodge LLP, Chair of the telecommunications group. General Counsel to FOCUS, Fiber Optic Communities of the United States (lfreedman@eapdlaw.com)

 

Bob Fortier, President of InnoVisions Canada, President and Founder of the Canadian Telework Association, (bobf@ivc.ca)

 

Tony Gill, Enterprise Specialist, Business Continuity Management, BMO Financial Group, (Tony.Gill@bmo.com)

 

Jay John Hellman, Ph.D., Founder and President, The Hellman Company, inc., Creator of “Virtual Adjacency“. (jay.hellman@alum.mit.edu)

 

Frank Leonetti, MBCI, CBCP, Practice Manager, Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery, Oracle, Professional Services. (fleonetti1@comcast.net)

 

Julia Loughran,President, ThoughtLink, Inc.,  (loughran@thoughtlink.com)

 

Gail Martin, Former Executive Director, ITAC; Vice President, Giuffrida Associates. (tac4dc@aol.com)

 

Phil Montero,“The Mobile Man”; YouCanWorkFromAnywhere.com. Speaker, Coach, Consultant and Author. (phil@ycwfa.com)

 

Jason Morwick, Co-Author: “Making Telework Work” Davies-Black, 2009, who along with Dr. Evan H. Offstein, Ph.D., SPHR (both graduates of the United States Military Academy at West Point), are champions of the role leadership plays in making distributed work a reality.   (morwickj@aol.com)

 

Mary Naylor, CEO and Co-Founder of VIPdesk. (MNaylor@VIPdesk.com)

 

Alex Salamon, Senior Vice President of Global Sales at Rev2. (alex.salamon@rev2.net)

 

N. J. Slabbert, a research scholar on technology and infrastructure development. (N.J.Slabbert@gmail.com.)

 

Diane Stegmeier, is founder of Stegmeier Consulting Group, a consultancy centered on change management and organizational effectiveness. She is the author of Innovations in Office Design. (diane@stegmeierconsulting.com)

 

Doug Strahan, President and Chief Executive Officer, Aptela, Inc., (info@Aptela.com)

 

 

Dan Wallis, Director of Technology for KP OnCall, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kaiser Permanente that provides nurse triage and advice to over 4 million members. (dan.wallis@kponcall.com)

 

Jeff Zbar, Telework Journalist, writer of “Home Base,” the teleworking advice column, Network World’s Net.Worker; Author, U.S. Small Business Administration’s 2001 Small Business Journalist of the Year.(jeff@chiefhomeofficer.com)

 

And in our hearts and memories, the late:

Bob de Lorenzi,Technical Advisor, The Telework Coalition; President and CEO, Patriot Computing Group.

Alex Salamon, Senior Vice President, Global Sales at Rev2