I Need Your Help - Researching Telework for Government

I am a conference producer at the Advanced Learning Institute. We plan a number of government and communication training events across the U.S and Canada: http://www.aliconferences.com/index.htm.

For many years we have had wide success with our government training. With these events being so successful we’d like to push the bar further and hold a Telework for Government conference, however, we want to be sure we are headed in the right direction.

I was hoping you could help grant me some insight on this topic with answers to the following questions:

1. Where is the government currently using telework for its employees– topic wise should this be 101 materials? A mixture?

2. What is the hot topic that must be covered in telework government training?

3. Are there any conferences I should look into that are successfully offering telework training to government?

4. Are there websites or associations that focus on the topic of telework and government?

5. What do you believe is the biggest hindrance preventing you from successfully teleworking?

Thank you for any insight you may provide!!