April 1, 2003 Vol. LV, No. 7 'Red Dress Project' Fights Heart Disease in Women Lopez To Give FIC Global Health Lecture, Apr. 8 National Alcohol Screening Day Features Free, Anonymous Screening NIH E-Cycles for Office Pioneers NCI One of '10 Best Places' for Postdocs NIH Record To |
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New NIH Deputy Director Kington Rooted in Science
By Carla Garnett
Transition Center Offers Services By Rich McManus With the spotlight of A-76, or competitive outsourcing, now focusing on functions within the fields of grants and real property management, NIH managers of the HHS- and administration-mandated review held their second Town Meeting on the subject Mar. 5 at Natcher Auditorium; their presentation assured federal workers that the process is not adversarial, gives incumbents sufficient means to win the "price-cost shootout" with competitors from private industry (or other government agencies, which can also bid on NIH work) and outlined a proposal for a new NIH Transition Center for workers whose jobs are being abolished, whether through A-76, consolidation or reorganization.M O R E . . . |