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[CITE: 5USC6120]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                           PART III--EMPLOYEES
 
                     Subpart E--Attendance and Leave
 
                        CHAPTER 61--HOURS OF WORK
 
          SUBCHAPTER II--FLEXIBLE AND COMPRESSED WORK SCHEDULES
 
Sec. 6120. Purpose

    The Congress finds that the use of flexible and compressed work 
schedules has the potential to improve productivity in the Federal 
Government and provide greater service to the public.

(Added Pub. L. 97-221, Sec. 2(a)(2), July 23, 1982, 96 Stat. 227.)


                   Telecommuting in Executive Agencies

    Pub. L. 106-346, Sec. 101(a) [title III, Sec. 359], Oct. 23, 2000, 
114 Stat. 1356, 1356A-36, provided that: ``Each executive agency shall 
establish a policy under which eligible employees of the agency may 
participate in telecommuting to the maximum extent possible without 
diminished employee performance. Not later than 6 months after the date 
of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 23, 2000], the Director of the Office 
of Personnel Management shall provide that the requirements of this 
section are applied to 25 percent of the Federal workforce, and to an 
additional 25 percent of such workforce each year thereafter.''

     Expanding Family-Friendly Work Arrangements in Executive Branch

    Memorandum of President of the United States, July 11, 1994, 59 F.R. 
36017, provided:
    Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies
    In order to recruit and retain a Federal work force that will 
provide the highest quality of service to the American people, the 
executive branch must implement flexible work arrangements to create a 
``family-friendly'' workplace. Broad use of flexible work arrangements 
to enable Federal employees to better balance their work and family 
responsibilities can increase employee effectiveness and job 
satisfaction, while decreasing turnover rates and absenteeism. I 
therefore adopt the National Performance Review's recommendation that a 
more family-friendly workplace be created by expanding opportunities for 
Federal workers to participate in flexible work arrangements, consistent 
with the mission of the executive branch to serve the public.
    The head of each executive department or agency (hereafter 
collectively ``agency'' or ``agencies'') is hereby directed to establish 
a program to encourage and support the expansion of flexible family-
friendly work arrangements, including: job sharing; career part-time 
employment; alternative work schedules; telecommuting and satellite work 
locations. Such a program shall include:
        (1) identifying agency positions that are suitable for flexible 
    work arrangements;
        (2) adopting appropriate policies to increase the opportunities 
    for employees in suitable positions to participate in such flexible 
    work arrangements;
        (3) providing appropriate training and support necessary to 
    implement flexible work arrangements; and
        (4) identifying barriers to implementing this directive and 
    providing recommendations for addressing such barriers to the 
    President's Management Council.
    I direct the Director of the Office of Personnel Management 
(``OPM'') and the Administrator of General Services (``GSA'') to take 
all necessary steps to support and encourage the expanded implementation 
of flexible work arrangements. The OPM and GSA shall work in concert to 
promptly review and revise regulations that are barriers to such work 
arrangements and develop legislative proposals, as needed, to achieve 
the goals of this directive. The OPM and GSA also shall assist agencies, 
as requested, to implement this directive.
    The President's Management Council, in conjunction with the Office 
of Management and Budget, shall ensure that any guidance necessary to 
implement the actions set forth in this directive is provided.
    Independent agencies are requested to adhere to this directive to 
the extent permitted by law.
    This directive is for the internal management of the executive 
branch and is not intended to, and does not, create any right or 
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable by a party against the 
United States, its agencies or instrumentalities, its officers or 
employees, or any other person.
    The Director of the Office of Management and Budget is authorized 
and directed to publish this directive in the Federal Register.
                                                     William J. Clinton.
