U. S. Office of Personnel Management

NEWS RELEASES

September 1994

September 22, 1994: Washington, D.C. -- The U.S. Office of Personnel Management is issuing interim regulations which offer guidance regarding the political activities of federal employees. The regulations, which permit greater political freedoms outside the workplace, are a result of the Hatch Act Reform Amendments of 1993. [News Release]

September 20, 1994: Washington, DC--Decreased premiums for many enrollees, a wider choice of plans, improved benefits including expanded coverage for Autologous Bone Marrow Transplants (ABMT), and more useful and simplified brochures highlight the 1995 Federal Employees Health Benefits Program open season. [News Release]

September 19, 1994: Washington, D.C. -- The National Partnership Council, established as part of Vice President Al Gore's reinventing government initiative, has produced a handbook on how to form productive labor-management partnerships in the federal workforce. [News Release]

September 14, 1994: Washington, D.C. -- The National Partnership Council, established as part of Vice President Al Gore's reinventing government initiative, has produced a handbook on how to form productive labor-management partnerships in the federal workforce. [News Release]

September 13, 1994: Washington, D.C. -- The U.S. Office of Personnel Management has issued final regulations that set strict limits on the amount of time federal agencies may use the temporary hiring authority to retain employees in temporary jobs, thereby putting an end to abuse of the hiring authority. [News Release]

September 8, 1994: Washington, D.C. -- The micromanagement of agency human resources programs continues to be dissolved, while the Office of Personnel Management promises compliance with merit principles through a new "Good Government Framework," OPM Director Jim King announced today. [News Release]



Updated 14 Jan 1998