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Today the House of Representatives today voted in favor by 290-131, the approved H.R. 1722, the Telework Improvements Act. In summary the bill is:

To improve teleworking in executive agencies by developing a telework program
that allows employees to telework at least 20 percent of the hours
worked in every 2 administrative workweeks, and for other purposes.

Federal News Radio covered the news of the bill passing on the DorobekInsider earlier today.

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At Navstar, we pride ourselves on being a Green IT services provider, including allowing our employees to telework when possible. With the advent of social media servicing Enterprise 2.0 solutions and methodology — work should be able to be done from any where at any time. And the House of Representatives appears to acknowledge this as a vital part of the advancement of our Federal Government employees being able to work from home if the supervisor approves.

Location being an independent factor now, this is where Navstar can come in and help Government agencies by training and establishing processes on how to work with the rest of your team or project. We offer services that help make telecommuting a real possibility with everything to virtual servers and software to VPN from a location outside of the office.

Telework solutions for your Agency falls under our Green IT and Enterprise 2.0 divisions. We are not just a (Washington DC) beltway bound company. Our solutions are independent of location and so are we. It doesn’t matter if you are in DC or LA, Reston or San Francisco, we can help. Give us a call today at 703-880-1500 or email us at info@navstar-inc.com to ask about our solutions to fit your agencies needs.

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Join Navstar in Supporting Earth Hour

by Andrea Baker on March 26, 2010

Join Navstar and our employees in participating in Earth Hour on Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 8:30 p.m. local time,  where ever you are.  Navstar will have its doors closed during Earth Hour as it is outside our normal business hours, but our staff and employees believe in our mission of Green IT and a Greener Earth and Home.

From the My Earth Hour Website:

On Earth Hour hundreds of millions of people, organizations, corporations and governments around the world will come together to make a bold statement about their concern for climate change by doing something quite simple—turning off their lights for one hour. In the U.S. where we are already feeling the impacts of climate change, Earth Hour sends a clear message that Americans care about this issue and want to turn the lights out on dirty air, dangerous dependency on foreign oil and costly climate change impacts, and make the switch to cleaner air, a strong economic future and a more secure nation.

Participation is easy. By flipping off your lights on March 27th at 8:30 p.m. local time you will be making the switch to a cleaner, more secure nation and prosperous America.

Personally last year, my family observed in our homes by turning off the lights as dusk turned to night. Not only did we keep the lights off for an hour, but we decided to keep them off lighting some candles and chatting with one another around the flickering lights. It was a great way to reconnect with each other as humans on a non-tech level, face to face, with no or little carbon footprint.

Consider joining us tomorrow night and reconnect with your family, friends, or neighbors by flipping your switch. If you wish you participate, let us and the good people at Earth Hour know you will show you care about a green future for our planet by signing up at https://www.myearthhour.org/home?invite=MCGqPqVu34

Thank you

The Navstar Family

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The Next Green Meme: Zero Waste

March 13, 2010

Zero Waste: the consumer who never throws anything away; the industry focus on diverting trash away from landfills to be reused as a consumer product; a complete life cycle for products.
This year Navstar is building its presence at SXSW 2010 with its Director for Green IT, Steven Mandzik, giving a talk on Zero Waste. It [...]

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Cloud Computing (aka Internet based Services)

January 3, 2010

…and that Cloud looks like a highly redundant, geographically dispersed computer cluster…
Technology marches forward and the paradigm changes. The latest new paradigm – Cloud Computing! Cloud Computing is going to completely change the way we design our computing infrastructures, again.
Cloud Computing is the concept of using Internet services to support users. In general the term is [...]

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Sustainable Strategic Planning

December 17, 2009

**co-written with Geoff Stack of STACK Consulting**
As you may have read in a recent post all federal agencies are facing a sustainability push. President Obama has tasked every Federal Agency for a target in Greenhouse Gas (GHG) reductions. This target is self-reported and is for the year 2020.
Both of these moves are unique in government [...]

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Green Goes SxSw Interactive

December 1, 2009

Congratulations to our Director of Green IT, Steven Mandzik for getting accepted to speak as a Core Conversation for South By Southwest in 2010. Green is very important to us at Navstar and we support Steve’s passion with A Clean Life.
Navstar is looking forward to continuing “greening” ourselves as we are completely reworking our internal [...]

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The Future of Web 2.0 and Social Media

November 12, 2009

Recently I was asked, among other leaders in the Social Media space about my predictions for 2010 in Social Media for a piece on ZDNet. I took to the task with a spin on Government 2.0 and Enterprise 2.0 as my personal loves within the use of Social Media.
Now, having more time to think about [...]

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Recycling in the DC Metropolitan Area

November 11, 2009

You may have recently read that Navstar introduced our Green IT program. We are very excited about this business line and the opportunity it provides for us to make a difference and help our community.
With that in mind we are happy to provide some green tips in our blog to help our local community.
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Did you [...]

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Green IT Solutions at Navstar

November 9, 2009

Navstar is introducing its new Green IT program and it’s ambitious as it is serious. Our mission is to partner with the Federal Government to create:
Sustainable Green IT Solutions
This includes supporting sustainable purchasing, responsible e-cycling, and greening IT operations.
As we begin this program its important that we honor the work already being done in [...]

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What is Enterprise 2.0

October 27, 2009

Enterprise 2.0 is the concept of working smarter, not harder in a more transparent work environment, independent of location, computer, or one person doing a specific job. It is a methodology of doing better business and it is one of our Core Competencies at Navstar.

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