Recall of Telecommuters Begs a Question of Success

Rethinking Telecommuting? The Wall St. Journal this week published a column questioning telecommuting titled Some Companies Rethink the Telecommuting Trend. Employers are calling their workers back to the office, causing some to resign. Read about it here.

The Washington area should take note because the number of government federal workers telecommuting actually dropped between 2005-2006 by 7.3% according to WSJ writer Sue Shellenbarger. Large companies such as AT&T, Intel, Hewlett-Packard, while indicating they support telecommuting, are actually reducing the number of employees that can participate.

Fed 100 Distinction lands on CACI ... Again

Paul Cofoni

CACI President and CEO Paul Cofoni was named as a Federal 100 Awards winner last week, if there may have been an individual who took even more pride in the distinction than Cofoni; that would have been Jack London. After all, CACI’s Chairman - and former CEO - worked closely with Cofoni after the executive arrived from CSC in 2005 in order to ensure that the company’s next leader would continue CACI’s tradition for innovation and excellence.

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CGI’s Donna Morea: Been There Done That

Donna Morea

Hear Donna Morea speak on May 7th. Donna Morea is one of the most well known executives in the DC area. In her current role, she is President, U.S. Operations & India of CGI, one of the area’s largest information technology companies. She leads a practice that has over $1B in revenue each year.

In a rare appearance, come hear Donna Morea give her thoughts on the landscape of the IT space on May 7, 2008. Past speakers have included Joe Kampf, Jim Ballard, Bahman Atefi, Jack London and Renny DiPentima. This series, titled “Been There Done That” will honor her lifetime achievement in and out of the government. This is event made possible by Greenberg Traurig. Click here to register.

Casey Coleman

Meet Casey Coleman, Chief Information Officer of GSA

ExecutiveBiz presents another opportunity to meet the CIO. In our latest Federal CIO event we will feature GSA CIO Casey Coleman, appearing with Venkatapathi (PV) Puvvada, CTO of Unisys and others on March 20th. The event is made possible by Technical Communities. Click here to register for the event.

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