Telework in the Information Age
American Electronics Association
April 2008

• AeA and the high-tech industry want telework to become a widely accepted practice. Federal and state governments have a role to play in promotion of telework opportunities.
• Working remotely can increase efficiency, flexibility, help the environment and save companies money.

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Telework Benchmarking Study
Best Practices for Large-Scale Implementation in Public and Private Sector Organizations
The Telework Coalition
2006

Telework Benefits:

• A way to reduce the cost of underutilized real estate
• Continuity in time of terrorism or other disaster
• Recruitment and retention of employees
• Worker mobility
• Environmental benefits

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The Economic Impact of Stimulating Broadband Nationally
Connected Nation
February 21, 2008

Adopting a national policy to stimulate the deployment of broadband in underserved areas of the U.S. could have dramatic and far-reaching
economic impacts. For instance, just a seven percentage point increase in broadband adoption could result in:

•  $92 billion through an additional 2.4 million jobs per year created
• $662 million saved per year in reduced healthcare costs
• $6.4 billion per year in mileage saving from unnecessary driving
• $18 million in carbon credits associated with 3.2 billion fewer lbs of CO2 emissions per year in the United States
• $35.2 billion in value from 3.8 billion more hours saved per year from accessing broadband at home
• $134 billion per year in total direct economic impact of accelerating broadband across the United States

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Broadband Services-Economic & Environmental Benefits
Joseph P. Fuhr Jr. & Stephen B. Pociask
American Consumer Institute
October 31, 2007

• Advancements in technologies, most notably computers, telecommunications and high-speed Internet services, are being used to change the way consumers and businesses shop, travel, work and use products. These technological changes result in productivity benefits and measurable savings to consumers and businesses, but they also produce clear, though largely invisible and unnoticed, environmental benefits.
• Potential benefits are immense, exceeding one billion tons of greenhouse gas emissions over the next ten years.

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Energy and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Impact
Consumer Electronics Association
August 19, 2007

• The use of information technology and the internet provides opportunities to reduce the consumption and the generation of greenhouse gases.

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The Good, the Bad, and the Unknown About Telecommuting - Meta-Analysis of Psychological Mediators and Individual Consequences
Ravi S. Gajendran and David A. Harrison, Pennsylvania State University
Journal of Applied Psychology
2007

• Telecommuting had small but mainly beneficial effects on perceived autonomy, job satisfaction performance, turnover intent, stree and lower work-family conflict.
• There is a downside of telecommuting in that it can harm coworker relationships.  Obstacles are overcome through informed human resources policies.

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Economic Effects Of Increased Broadband Use In California
Sacramento Regional Research Institute
November 2007

• While the use of broadband varies widely among the regions in the state, nearly every region has seen a notable increase in the use of broadband over the past few years. This increased broadband use has had a positive and significant effect on economic outcomes in California.
• Through 2010 broadband growth could generate a cumulative gain of 1.8 million jobs and $132 billion of payroll in California.

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