U. S. Office of Personnel Management

NEWS RELEASES

July 1999



July 27, 1999: OPM Director Janice R. Lachance has presented the agencys Award for Meritorious Service to the outgoing National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) President, Robert M. Tobias. [News Release]

July 26, 1999: In her role as the Chair of the Presidents Task Force on Federal Training Technology, Office of Personnel Management Director Janice R. Lachance today announced the launch of the task forces web site. The web site will serve as the official information source on task force activities. [News Release]

July 26, 1999: During a July 27 ceremony, Office of Personnel Management Director Janice Lachance will honor seven agency operations that have adopted the calm and reason of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) programs to settle internal problems between employees and managers. [News Release]

July 23, 1999: On Tuesday, July 27, U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno and U.S. Office of Personnel Management Director Janice Lachance will honor federal operations with the OPM Directors Award for Outstanding Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Programs. [News Release]

July 21, 1999: Office of Personnel Management Director Janice R. Lachance today released Women in the Federal Government: A Statistical Profile, which highlights employment and promotion gains made by women in the federal government. Long-term occupational trends show that the percentage of women at the highest career levels and in the Senior Executive Service has continuously increased in the last six years. [News Release]

July 15, 1999: Office of Personnel Management Director Janice R. Lachance will discuss the federal governments efforts to recruit and promote women in the federal workforce at the Federally Employed Womens (FEW) 30th Annual National Training Program in Phoenix, Arizona on Wednesday, July 21. [News Release]

July 12, 1999: Office of Personnel Management Director Janice R. Lachance today announced that the agencys Hispanic Employment Initiative is making steady progress in improving Hispanic representation in the federal workforce. Lachance spoke before hundreds of participants at the National Convention of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) — the largest and oldest Hispanic organization in the nation — in Corpus Christi, Texas. [News Release]

July 6, 1999: Employees from nine, high-quality federal operations from as far away as Yokota, Japan, and as close to the White House as Fort Meade, Maryland, will be honored by Vice President Gore during the 1999 President's Quality Awards Program ceremony, July 15 in Washington. [News Release]

July 1, 1999: Office of Personnel Management Director Janice R. Lachance will discuss the federal governments efforts to improve Hispanic representation in the federal workforce at the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) 70th Annual National Convention and Exposition on Monday, July 12, in Corpus Christi, Texas. [News Release]


 

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