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Telework is a , but a report on Friday indicated that Maryland is slow to follow suit.

Only 1.3 percent of Maryland government employees in the state personnel management system had telecommuted in the first half of 2011, according to the Maryland Gazette.

Nationwide, 9 percent of people telecommute part-time and 2 percent telecommute full-time, according to the National Technology Readiness Survey.

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Virginia started offering the Telework Tax Credit this year to businesses that give employees the option of telecommuting, to alleviate traffic.


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