***NEWS ADVISORY*** U.S. Office of Personnel Management
Director Will Address the 2000 National Conference Also Receives Award for OPMs
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Washington, DC -- U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Janice R. Lachance will address the National Conference of the League of Latin American Citizens/National Training Institute (LULAC/NTI), the largest and oldest Hispanic organization in the nation, on June 26 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel. In addition to addressing the many OPM outreach initiatives to make the workplace more diverse, she also will receive an award for her efforts and commitment to improving the representation of Hispanics throughout the federal government.
"I give many speeches all around the world, and one point I always make is that diversity in our government is not something we do only for the benefit of our minority communities; it is something we do for the good of our entire nation," said Lachance. "We value diversity because our private sector, our government, and our nation are all learning the same lesson, that diversity means strength and vitality, and that exclusion means division and weakness."
Also speaking at the conference will be OPM Deputy Director John Sepulveda. His comments will come immediately after Lachances.
Event: OPM Director speaks and receives award at the 2000 National Conference of the League of United Latin American Citizens/National Training Institute
| Date: | June 26 |
| Time: | Awards ceremony --
1 p.m. Director Lachances speech -- 2 p.m. Deputy Director Sepulvedas speech -- 2:25 p.m |
| Place: | Omni Shoreham
Hotel 2500 Calvert Street, NW Washington, DC 20008 |
| Phone: | 202-234-0700 |
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Awards will be presented in the Regency Ballroom |
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Members of the media are cordially invited to attend.
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