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May 31	Telecommuting should help Sun Microsystems keep its 38,000 employees working safely in case of a pandemic or any other emergency
May 31	New York State Alters Its Stance On Rule Affecting Telecommuters
May 30	Telecommuting could help US government deal with early retirement brain drain
May 26	US The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and unions agree on telework plan. Final agreement will cover about 750 agency employees
May 26	Throwing The Book at Pandemics - The White House issues National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza, which includes telecommuting
May 25	Telecommuting: Earn well, live cheap
May 25	Telecommuters Finding Better Ways To Work
May 25	Data insecurity has long been a government flaw
May 25	Proposed tax-relief legislation for US teleworkers gathers steam
May 25	US Patent office union expresses concern over massive telework program
May 25	Teleworking in Europe: progress on the 2002 framework agreement
May 19	Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) Pitches Telecommuting as Alternative to High Gas Prices
May 19	Data insecurity has long been a government flaw
May 19	Personal data of 26.5 million veterans stolen from teleworker's home
May 18	Deloitte report states that by 2008, 41 million corporate employees globally may spend at least one day a week teleworking, and 100 million will work from home at least one day a month
May 18	Telework and outsourcing growth raise security and skills issues. Flexible working practices will demand more adaptable IT � and more helpdesk staff
May 18	UK Natural History Museum rolls out remote working for its staff
May 17	Companies find payoff in work/life programs
May 15	Pandemic plans give teleworking key role
May 15	ATF, NTEU Reach Agreement on Teleworking. Accord Will Expand Telework Program To Bargaining Unit Union Employees
May 15	Checking in at the home office: The pluses and minuses of working out of your home
May 15	Telecommuting has its drawbacks
May 15	Telework plans � two areas that have not been the US government's forte
May 15	Home, sweet office. Work space should be efficient, comfortable
May 12	Earn well, live cheap. More Americans are abandoning the commuting rat race for working at home
May 12	US - If a flu pandemic forced 40% of workers to stay home, telecommuting could help keep governments and businesses running -- but hardly any are set up to do this, experts told Congress Thursday
May 11	Business Planning For A Bird Flu Epidemic
May 11	Theory X doesn't work with telecommuters
May 11	Greater opportunities for tenured lawyers call for telecommuting and other retention efforts
May 10	Fast, Easy-to-Build Backyard Offices for the Rising Number of Telecommuters and Home Businesses
May 9	92% of staff telework at US Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA)
May 9	how do you sell the idea of telecommuting to upper-management? How does it benefit the company? etc.
May 9	Dialed in for telecommuting (reprint from Profit Magazine. Bob Fortier quoted)
May 8	Gas Prices Fuel Telecommuting - Millions of Americans Work From Home At Least Once A Week
May 7	Telecommuting to lower gas consumption
May 7	Working at home can be a benefit
May 4	Bob Fortier featured in Montreal Gazette article dealing with how 'homeshoring' cuts overhead by letting call-centre staff work from home
May 4	Inside the White House Plan for the Pandemic includes telework
May 4	Oregon has plan if flu pandemic hits
May 4	Reversing the industrial revolution's migration of workers to city factories, there's a hot new concept in tech town. Work-from-hometown is a concept that Silicon Valley has experimented and accepted as a best practice, and the good news is that the trend is catching up in India.
May 4	A growing number of Americans have given up traditional jobs for more flexible work, including 20 million who telecommute
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