2. Provide telecommunications and administrative support necessary for employees participating in flexiplace and telecommuting work arrangements. By fall 1994, OPM and GSA should submit proposed legislation to Congress repealing section 1348 of title 31, United States Code, "which prohibits federal agencies from paying for telephone installation and service in private residences with appropriated funds . . . installing residential phone lines to connect to the new [Federal Telecommunications System] FTS 2000 service [and] FTS 2000's fiber optic network which will carry a varied mix of voice, data, and video services on a single line . . . [and] purchasing a fax machine for installation in a private residence."(21) A temporary provision allowing agencies to use appropriated funds to pay for telephone installation and service in private residences was included in the fiscal year 1994 Treasury-Postal appropriations bill. Endnotes 21. President's Council on Management Improvement, "Guidelines for Pilot Flexible Workplace Arrangements," Washington, D.C., January 1990, p. 19.
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