{"id":23764,"date":"2020-05-19T19:44:11","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T19:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/05\/19\/more-productive-than-ever-agency-it-officials-see-benefits-from-telework\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:57:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:57:08","slug":"more-productive-than-ever-agency-it-officials-see-benefits-from-telework","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/fedlife\/2020\/05\/19\/more-productive-than-ever-agency-it-officials-see-benefits-from-telework\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;More productive than ever\u2019: Agency IT officials see benefits from telework"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, there were concerns that mass telework would reduce the productivity of federal employees. But about two months later, some top IT officials at federal agencies haven\u2019t seen productivity worsen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the chief information officers at the departments of Agriculture and Transportation, the productivity hasn\u2019t fallen since employees there began working from home, raising questions about what the future of work looks like for federal employees when they return to the office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are preparing for a different kind of work environment,\u201d Gary Washington, CIO of the Department of Agriculture, said May 19 during a webinar with the American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council. \u201cWe will see what that is, but we have proven that it is possible to support&#8221; the telework environment in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Ryan Cote, CIO of the Transportation Department, his agency has \u201cabsolutely seen an increase\u201d in productivity, but he hasn\u2019t been able to pinpoint why.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI can\u2019t really say if it\u2019s one specific thing or another,\u201d Cote said. \u201cWhether it be people who commute from around D.C. who no longer have to spend hours in their car, or whether they\u2019re more relaxed at home. &#8230; There\u2019s no question that every employee at the Department of Transportation is more productive than ever.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both Cabinet-level CIOs expressed surprise at the amount of demand they received from employees for access to collaboration tools \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/it-networks\/2020\/04\/30\/how-telework-has-changed-two-agencies-it-practices\/\" target=_blank>a reality described by other agency CIOs as well<\/a> \u2014 such as Microsoft Teams and Zoom, the videoconferencing platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Washington can tell that the productivity of Agriculture Department employees hasn\u2019t dropped; he collects data on network and collaboration-tool use. He said the department\u2019s use of data analytics has become more important during the pandemic to inform decisions on resource deployment, among other scenarios. Meanwhile, the department\u2019s need to ensure continuity of operations during the pandemic has increased the focus on IT infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere\u2019s more of a focus on the infrastructure and a dependence on the infrastructure because, as you know, during your day-to-day activities in a normal environment, that may be an afterthought sometimes,&#8221; Washington said. &#8220;But now there\u2019s really a nod toward making sure we set up an environment where everybody can work and there\u2019s not performance degradation and we\u2019re all secure and safe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/management\/hr\/2020\/03\/16\/coronavirus-update-dc-area-feds-told-to-telework-or-emergency-leave\/\" target=\"_blank\">Agencies were told in March<\/a> by the Office of Personnel Management as well as the Office of Management and Budget to maximize telework flexibilities. In mid-April, OPM and OMB <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/fedlife\/health\/2020\/04\/20\/heres-the-plan-for-sending-federal-employees-back-into-the-office\/\" target=\"_blank\">released a plan<\/a> for reintroducing federal employees to the office. That plan took into account public health assessments in office localities and allowed for a slow return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The move to telework wasn\u2019t an extraordinary lift for the Department of Transportation, according to Cote, who said the department\u2019s network was already set up to handle 40 percent of the workforce teleworking. So when the spread of coronavirus sent employees home, the department only had to scale up its current environment by signing new licenses and increasing capacity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One challenge the agency faced was that many employees hadn\u2019t previously worked from home, so calls to the help desk spiked as employees got used to the remote environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Federal IT officials constantly discuss the need for cultural change to improve IT practices. 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