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Telework Case StudiesAnimal Health and Plant Inspection Service(APHIS) The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is a multifaceted agency with a broad mission area that includes protecting and promoting U.S. agricultural health, regulating genetically engineered organisms, administering the Animal.
Welfare Act and carrying out wildlife damage management activities. These efforts support the overall mission of the USDA, which is to protect and promote food, agriculture, natural resources and related issues Read Case Study Calvert Investments, Inc. (formerly Calvert Group, Ltd.) Calvert, headquartered outside Washington, DC in Bethesda, MD, has been setting industry standards for investment management excellence since its founding in 1976. As a leader in sustainable and responsible investing, (SRI), Calvert offers a range of SRI strategies that meet sustainability goals for its clients and communities. Calvert serves individual and institutional investors as well as professional financial advisors nationwide.Today, more than 400,000 investors entrust over $14.5 billion in assets to Calvert. Read Case Study Social & Scientific Systems, Inc. Social & Scientific Systems, Inc., an employee-owned company, has supported public and private sector programs since 1978. We contribute significantly to improving public health around the world.
Whether we are supporting HIV/AIDS clinical trials around the world, providing program monitoring and evaluation services in Africa, collecting epidemiologic data in Europe, coordinating AIDS conferences in the Caribbean and Africa, or analyzing Medicare data in the United States, we consistently provide the highest quality support available. We are committed to conducting ourselves ethically, honoring our commitments, acting proactively and responsively, and delivering excellent services—on time and at good value. Read Case Study United States Department of Agriculture The USDA has a workforce of approximately 120,000 employees and provides the nation with leadership on food, agriculture, natural resources, rural development and related issues based on sound public policy, the best available science and efficient management. The Department is a vastly dynamic organization whose vision is to enhance agricultural trade, improve farm economies and quality of life in rural America, protect the Nation’s food supply, improve the Nation’s nutrition, and protect and enhance the Nation’s natural resource base and environment. Read Case Study Clean Currents Clean Currents is a green energy company that was founded in 2005. Clean Currents provides affordable green energy options to residential customers including windpower options through the grid as well as solar panel installations for on-site energy generation. Clean Currents also provides energy efficiency and environmental consultation services. As a green energy company, Clean Currents works to ensure that its operations are environmentally responsible. The option for employees to telework is one of these efforts. Read Case Study Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
was created by Congress in 1974 as an
independent agency to regulate the
commercial nuclear industry to protect
public health and safety against radiation
hazards from industries that use radioactive
material. United States Pharmacopeial
Convention (USP) The United States Pharmacopeial
Convention (USP) is a scientific nonprofit
organization that sets Federally recognized
standards for prescription and over–the–
counter medicines and other healthcare
products manufactured or sold in the United
States. USP also sets widely recognized
standards for food ingredients and dietary
supplements. USP sets standards for the
identity, as well as the quality, purity, and
strength of these products–critical to the
public health. These and other USP
standards are used in more than 130
countries around the globe. These
standards have helped to ensure public
health for close to 200 years. Read Case Study U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General (OIG) The U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General (OIG), an independent agency within the Postal Service, employs more than 1,100 auditors, investigators, and professional support staff located in more than 90 offices nationwide. The OIG plays a key role in maintaining the integrity and accountability of America’s postal service, its revenue and assets, and its employees. With $73 billion in revenue, the Postal Service is at the core of a $900 billion mailing industry that employs more than nine million people. The more than 700,000 employees of the Postal Service comprise Marriott International Marriott International, Inc., is a leading lodging company. Its heritage can be traced to a root beer stand opened in Washington, D.C., in 1927 by J. Willard and Alice S.Marriott. Today, Marriott International has more than 3,200 lodging properties located in the United States and 66 other countries and territories.People first—the foundation of Marriott's corporate culture and success for over 80 years! Marriott's belief is that our associates are our greatest assets. Marriott Culture is Defense Information Systems As the result of the 2005 DISA Employee Satisfaction survey, a recommendation was made to expand DISA's telework program. During the same time period, DISA was selected under the Base Realignment and Closure Committee recommendations for relocation of its Headquarters function in Northern Virginia to Fort Meade, Maryland. With 75% of the DISA workforce living in the Northern Virginia area, a solid strategy was needed for retention of this experienced, highly qualified workforce as well as one for recruitment of exceptionally qualified employees for the Fort Meade location. It was determined that the expansion of the telework program would serve as an excellent tool for both retention and recruitment. Noblis Noblis is a nonprofit science, technology and strategy organization that helps clients solve complex systems, process and infrastructure problems in ways that benefit the public. Our unique impartial, independent stance—free of any ties to commercial or sponsor interests—assures clients that our counsel and implementation support is offered purely in their best interest.At the forefront of those expectations were the program’s stated goals (to attract and retain staff and be cost neutral), but the team also expected environmental benefits, such as reduced gasoline consumption and increased productivity from telecommuters. Read Case Study Booz Allen Hamilton Booz Allen Hamilton has been at the forefront of strategy and technology consulting for more than 90 years. Every day, government agencies, institutions, and infrastructure organizations rely on thefirm’s expertise and objectivity, and on the combined capabilities and dedication of our |
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