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Flu-wary telecommuters may clog Web networks, GAO says By Cecilia Kang Wednesday, October 28, 2009 As the spread of the H1N1 flu keeps more Americans away from work and school, a federal report warns that all those people logging on to the Web from home could overwhelm Internet networks. The Government Accountability Office reported earlier this week that if the flu reaches a pandemic, a surge in telecommuting and children accessing video files and games at home could bog down local networks. And if that were to happen, it is not clear whether the federal government is prepared to deal...

New York may be ceding some ground in its long-running tussle with telecommuters -- a struggle that could affect how other states treat workers who live outside their boundaries. The issue affects employees who live in another state, work at home for a New York employer, are assigned to the employer's New York office and come to New York to work some of the time. The question: Do these employees owe New York taxes on all their income from the New York job, or only on their income from work actually done in New York? New York's tax department has...