U. S. Office of Personnel ManagementNEWS RELEASESMay 2000May 31, 2000: Janice R. Lachance will meet with Governor Pedro Rossell, in San Juan, to discuss efforts led by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management to improve the representation of Hispanics in the federal workforce. [News Advisory] Oficiales del Gabinete de Clinton se Reunirn con Rossell para Hablar sobre Esfuerzos para Mejorar la Representacin de los Hispanos en el Gobierno Federal [Comunicado de Prensa en Espaol] May 23, 2000: Janice Lachance announces the appointment of Maria Mercedes Olivieri as Director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management's Office of Diversity. Armando Rodriguez, former Director of the Office of Diversity is promoted to Director, Office of Administrative Law Judges. [News Advisory] May 17, 2000: OPM Director Hails Gains by Clinton/Gore Administration on Hispanic Initiatives in the Federal Government at National Hispanic Summit. [News Release] Lachance Exalta el Progreso de la Iniciativa de Empleo Hispano en el Gobierno Federal durante Cumbre Nacional Hispana. [Comunicado de Prensa en Espaol] May 17, 2000: President Clinton has authorized time off for federal employees who have been victimized by the devastating fires in the Los Alamos, New Mexico, area. In addition, the time-off policy also applies to employees who provide emergency law enforcement, relief or clean-up services authorized by federal, state or local officials. [News Release] May 10, 2000: Washington, D.C.-- U.S. Office of Personnel Management Director Janice R. Lachance today announced that the agency will donate two job information/touchscreen computer kiosks to the Delta region in support of the Clinton/Gore Administration's Delta Initiative. [News Release]May 8, 2000: The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation (HR 4040) authorizing OPM to offer long-term care insurance to current and retired federal employees, members of the military, and eligible family members. The passage of this legislation proves that people are coming to terms with the very real fact that the population of the United States is getting older, a population that will need long-term care options, said OPM Director Janice R. Lachance. [News Release] May 2, 2000: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is heeding President Clinton's and Vice President Gore's call to close the "digital divide" so that everyone has the opportunity to benefit from the information revolution. [News Release]
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