Telework - Why can't we do it???

WebWorkerDaily, which I use to torture myself with dreams of telework / telecommuting / not dragging myself into the gray prison cubible daily, posted a link to a fairly good article on the subject. It hints at a coming Federal law mandating telework and we can only hope that the Commonwealth of Virginia follows suit, but I'll believe it when I see it.

For me telework is extremely attractive because it takes me out of the drive-by support atmosphere and "call over the cubicle" environment that makes it so difficult to concentrate on the task at hand. The technology (soft phones, WebEx, Citrix, etc.) has been there for years and Verizon FIOS makes it that much easier; but at this point I think it's a human issue, not a technology issue. Managers are just not comfortable with a remote workforce, and this is even more true for insecure managers who have less idea what their employees do in the first place. Until we cross that hurdle, only the enlightened and dang lucky get this wonderful experience.