U. S. Office of Personnel Management

NEWS RELEASES

August 1999



August 31, 1999: We have issued regulations extending current career transition programs. The highly effective and successful programs were established by President Clinton in 1995 to assist federal employees affected by downsizing. [News Release]

August 24, 1999: The changing workplace is the topic U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Janice R. Lachance addressed in her keynote speech at a Social Security Administration (SSA) training forum in Baltimore today. [News Release]

August 18, 1999: Labor-management teams from six federal agencies across the United States will receive a 1999 John N. Sturdivant National Partnership Award for their successful efforts at improving government service and saving tax dollars at a ceremony at OPM in Washington, DC, on September 15. [News Release]

August 16, 1999: To discuss the challenges of recruiting, rewarding and retaining the workforce of the future, OPM will sponsor "Strategic Compensation: Improving Results Through Effective Pay, Classification, and Performance Management" on Wednesday and Thursday, September 8 and 9. [News Release]

August 16, 1999: The Office of Personnel Management, in partnership with the Senior Executives Association, is conducting the first ever survey of the entire Senior Executive Service (SES). [News Release]

August 16, 1999: Updates about the Clinton/Gore Administrations success in its Welfare-to-Work initiative and proposal to strengthen and modernize Medicare for the 21st century are included in the Office of Personnel Managements radio hot line. The hot line is available in both English and Spanish. [News Release]

August 13, 1999: Statement issued today by Director Janice R. Lachance on the death of Joseph Ileto, the U.S. Postal Service employee killed on Tuesday while doing his job. [Statement]

August 12, 1999: Office of Personnel Management Director Janice R. Lachance today announced the assignment of a Voting Rights Examiner to the State of Texas for the Special Elections that may be held there on August 14, 1999. [News Release]

August 11, 1999: In support of President Clinton and Vice President Gores vision of creating a government for the 21st century that looks like America, the Office of Personnel Management has launched the course, Diversity: A Business Necessity for the Millennium. [News Release]


 

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