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The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has a workforce of approximately 120,000 employees and provides the nation with leadership in many areas including food, agriculture, natural resources, and rural development. The Department also has between 20,000 and 30,000 partners in the industry, in contracts, and with state governments and has a presence in nearly every state across the nation. USDA’s responsibilities range from supporting customer sites, to managing food processing sites on farms, to patrolling borders to manage animal transport and health. With such a diverse set of functions, USDA recognizes that mobility is the answer for the workforce of tomorrow and is leading the way in streamlining operations and managing a distributed workforce.
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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is vital to the American innovator. At the cutting edge of innovation, the agency grants patents and registers trademarks throughout American industries, keeping up with an overwhelming demand of applications. In FY 2010, the Patent Business Unit examined 522,407 applications and the Trademark Business Unit processed 367,027 applications. As the agency strives to protect new ideas and investments, it also looks to drive innovation in the way its employees work.
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The study reveals that telework is becoming a significant IT purchasing factor in the Federal government. Federal IT executives reported they consider telework requirements when making IT infrastructure decisions and predict telework spending to increase in the next two years
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Underwritten by Sprint, the study examines Federal teleworkers, non-teleworkers, and Federal IT executives’ attitudes toward wireless Internet and the state of wireless Internet security. The study reveals that more than half of all Federal employees, including teleworkers, are using wireless Internet for work purposes and report significant productivity and continuity of operations (COOP) benefits
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In this report, underwritten by Avaya Federal Solutions, Polycom, and Verizon, Telework Exchange provides an overview of proven technology products and services available for teleworkers.
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The study examines Federal employees’ mobility trends – revealing a growing mobile workforce and how the government can realize significant time savings and productivity gain by equipping their employees with mobile solutions.
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Underwritten by Intel, the study evaluates public- and private-sector's business continuity and mobile IT infrastructure standings.
