Joe Davidson - Telework cuts federal government's losses during D.C. area snowstorms - washingtonpost.com

If there was a silver lining to the heavy clouds that dumped record amounts of snow on the Washington area this winter, it was the boost the storms gave telework as a way to keep the government running under difficult circumstances.

That boost reverberated Wednesday when a House panel advanced, with a voice vote, legislation that is likely to result in more federal employees getting permission to work at home. Although the bill was around long before the winter storms -- it was introduced a year ago Thursday -- the snows that closed D.C. area federal offices gave the legislation a greater sense of urgency...