Obama Administration Encourages Federal Workers to Stay Home to Lessen Carbon Footprint...

Obama Administration Encourages Federal Workers to Stay Home to Lessen Carbon Footprint on Nation’s Capital (CNSNews.com) - Thousands of federal workers stayed home for at least some part of this week after pledging through teleworkexchange.com not to commute to work to mark Telework Week, Feb. 14-18.The Web site, which acts as a platform for federal agencies and other interested parties to promote and implement telecommuting, claims that 39,141 people – much of them federal workers in the D.C. metro area – pledged to work at least some of the five-day workweek from home. The amount “saved” by cutting commuting costs...