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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 16, 2000
CONTACT:   Sharon J. Wells
(202) 606-2537 or
  sjwells@opm.gov

OPM DIRECTOR OBSERVES NATIONAL
WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH

 

Washington, D.C.-Janice R. Lachance, Director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), will be the keynote speaker at a March 20, 2000, event hosted by the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Martinsburg, West Virginia, in observance of Women's History Month.

This year's theme is "An Extraordinary Century For Women - Now, Imagine the Future." Lachance will discuss the challenges that continue to face women in their daily lives and in the workplace, and the Clinton Administration's commitment to create a government that looks like America.

Event: Keynote speech by OPM Director Janice R. Lachance
Where: Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Route 9
Martinsburg, West Virginia
When: March 20, 2000 -- 2:30 - 4 p.m.

Media planning to attend the event should contact the Office of Communications at (202) 606-2402. For detailed directions to the event, please contact the VA EEO office at (304) 263-0811, Extension 4059.

As Director of the federal government's lead human resources agency, Lachance serves as the chief advisor to the White House on federal HR issues, including personnel practices under the system of merit principles, recruiting and retaining a qualified and diverse federal work force, health and retirement benefits, training, labor and management relations, and the Senior Executive Service.


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