Your place or mine? Telecommuting and the finance officer. From: Government Finance Review | Date: December 1, 2002| Author: Grippaldi, Joseph J. | COPYRIGHT 2002 Government Finance Officers Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Rapid advances in technology have converged with the increasingly frenetic pace of American life to make telecommuting an increasingly common work arrangement. A recent survey revealed that at least one segment of government finance officers has positive attitudes toward telecommuting.

Balancing the demands of work with all of the other responsibilities of everyday life has become an increasingly difficult challenge for millions of American workers, government finance of...

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