Putting Pressure on Agencies to Increase Telecommuting

Rep. Frank R. Wolf (R-Va.), chairman of a House Appropriations subcommittee, has included a provision in a spending bill to require certain agencies to prove that more of their employees are telecommuting or risk losing $5 million.

This is an informative article. It’s nice to know there are some strong advocates of telecommuting out there. I often think of telecommuting from the perspective of employers saving money. But this article brings to light the societal benefits of telecommuting. It’s interesting to note:

“The subcommittee estimates that the federal workforce uses 31.1 million gallons of gasoline each week.”

Wow! That’s an awful lot of fuel!

1 comment November 16th, 2005

Telecommuters paying taxes to two or more states?!

Even though Tennessee resident, Thomas Huckaby only did a small amount of work in the state of New York, the state has demanded that he pay taxes on all of his income. An appeals court agreed and the Supreme Court has let it stand…

Add comment November 14th, 2005