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INTRODUCTION

The five following telecenters have ceased operation since the December 1994 report was issued.

The Telecommuting Workcenter of Riverside County

This center ceased operations as of July 1, 1995, after funding for the center expired. Site administrators distributed the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of other area telecenters to all of the telecommuters using the facility; however, administrators did not follow up to see how many of their clients transferred to the other sites. Some of those individuals had indicated that they planned to begin telecommuting from home offices.

South Placer Transportation Management Association - Citrus Heights

The Citrus Heights Telecenter was closed in January 1995. The SPTMA office indicated the center had been closed because it was located outside Placer County.

Sherman Oaks and Van Nuys Telecommuting Center
Thousand Oaks and Westlake Telecommuting Center

These centers both closed in January 1995.

The federal government began its telecommuting program in the Washington DC area and intended to study the East coast program before expanding it across the country. As a result, no preliminary site selection studies or surveys had been conducted when the Northridge earthquake hit. Although the possibility of opening as many as nine telecenters throughout California for federal employees was discussed, a decision was made to immediately open three centers in Southern California to help residents cope with the damage resulting from the earthquake.

Very limited information was available regarding the number of federal employees living near the three sites selected, how many of those employees would be interested in using the facilities, which of the federal agencies and managers in those areas would be willing to allow their employees to use the sites, etc. As the program continued, it became clear that the Santa Clarita facility received much more interest from users than either the Sherman Oaks and Van Nuys location or the Thousand Oaks and Westlake location. The lack of detailed information in site selection seems to have been a significant factor in the eventual closure of these two centers.

Ulatis Telecenter in Vacaville

The Ulatis Telecenter is one of two that have been operated by the City of Vacaville. The site administrator initially scheduled the closure of the Ulatis Telecenter for a short period while repairs were completed; however, an assessment of the two centers' combined usage convinced him the more appropriate course was to consolidate their operations in a single site until the demand for workspaces justified the additional facility. The space in Ulatis Community Center is still available for a telecenter, and developers plan to use it for that purpose in the future; however, no re-opening date has yet been established.

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