U. S. Office of Personnel ManagementNEWS RELEASESAugust 1996August 26, 1996: Washington, D.C. -- The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has branded as Atotally false and malicious@ a bogus news release that says Congress has approved a new round of buyouts for federal workers. [News Release] August 23, 1996: OPM Director Jim King announced the names of 12 local Combined Federal Campaigns to receive awards for the charitable donations of federal employees, servicemen and women, and postal employees. [News Release] August 20, 1996: Washington, D.C.--Members of the Quality Partnership Network, which represents partners from the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) and more than 10 federal agencies across New York and New Jersey, appeared before the Clinton Administration’s National Partnership Council (NPC) this summer to discuss customer service gains made in their agencies. [News Release] August 20, 1996: Washington, D.C. -- The U.S. Office of Personnel Management is now considering requests for voluntary early retirement authority from agencies with severe downsizing or major restructuring plans in Fiscal Year 1997. [News Release] August 12, 1996: Washington, D.C. -- Federal employees working in the high cost-of-living areas of Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands would become partners with the U.S. Office of Personnel Management in a pilot project that could affect their pocketbooks. [News Release] August 9, 1996: Washington, D.C. -- In a report released today, U.S. Office of Personnel Management Director Jim King announced employment gains for women in the federal workforce. The report, AWomen in the Federal Government - A Statistical Profile@ tracks the representation and professional standing of women in the federal government. [News Release] August 8, 1996: Washington, D.C.--Office of Personnel Management Director James B. King today announced that he has approved regulations implementing retirement benefit provisions of the Defense Authorization Act of 1996. [News Release] August 5, 1996: Washington, D.C. -- More and more in today's federal workplace, men and women of color are adding an important and needed perspective to the operation of government, redefining what it means to have a government that resembles America and that works for all Americans.[News Release] |
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