DoD updates telework policy for the first time since 2012

“I do think that the document foresees some of these cultural challenges. We want to set up the value proposition for why this might work really well for your office. But it’s not forcing them to do it. So I think a lot of the references to increasing your access to talent, particularly for critical skill sets, is really a compelling argument to hiring managers,” Kate Kuzminski, the director of the military, veterans and society program at the Center for a New American Security, told Federal News Network.

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“When it comes to anything related to [intelligence], or related to military operations or even related to the creation and implementation of high-level policy – that will always require access to secure classified information facilities. But that’s another thing that DoD can think about. How could you either partner with military installations across the country to provide access points for someone who is a remote employee and who needs occasional access, or how they might go about expanding the infrastructure there,” Kuzminski said.

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