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20th Annual May Training Program

The 20th annual May Training Program will be held at the Arlington [Texas] Convention Center from 8:00am to 4:00pm on Tuesday, May 13th and Wednesday, May 14, 1997. The two-day training program consists of 13 professional speakers who will present 20 different workshops on a wide variety of topics such as motivation, organizational improvement, successful writing, sexual harrassment, communication strategies, career advancement, and many more. Some workshop titles include:

• How to Manage Projects, Priorities, and Deadlines;
  
• Communicate With Clarity, Confidence, andCreditability;
  
• Technology Never Stands Still.. Neither Should Your Career;
  
• Leapfrogging Roadblocks to Organizational Harmony;
  

Conference costs are $45 per day. Complete conference details are available at http://r6ser1.r06.epa.gov:8000/dfwfeb/calfwp.htm. The registration deadline is April 11,1997. For questions, please call Cheryl Moore, FWPC President, at 817-847-3898.

Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD) Seminar

This two-day seminar scheduled for May 1 and 2 at OPM [in Washington, DC], is designed to help Employee Assistance Program counselors and other mental health professionals in developing and managing a CISD team. The seminar prepares participants to provide a variety of crisis services for distressed employees after a traumatic event occurs at work. For more information call Sheila Rozier at (202) 606-1269.

Third Annual Performance Management Conference

May 13-14, 1997, in McLean, VA, at the McLean Hilton Hotel. This conference is designed to provide practical, cutting-edge information on a wide variety of topics related to performance appraisals and awards. To receive a brochure, call (202) 606-2720, or fax a request to (202) 606-2395. For additional conference information, call Digna Carballosa at (202) 606-1778 or E-Mail dmcarbal@opm.gov.

The following news summaries are from OPM AM, the daily newsletter of the Office of Personnel Management. OPM AM is available on OPM Mainstreet, the agency's electronic bulletin board, at 202-606-4800.

NPC MEETS IN OK CITY--President Clinton's National partnership Council (NPC) convenes in Oklahoma City on April 9 at the Federal Aviation Administration's Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center to investigate how partnerships respond to crises, and learn about the FAA's labor-management partnership initiatives (Office of Communications News Release, April 1).

THE FEDERAL DIARY--Mid-April is the start of the legislative budget process that most experts predict will be bumpy, and maybe costly, to feds and retirees (The Washington Post).

FEDERAL NEWS--National Performance Review Director Bob Stone has said that President Clinton's welfare-to-work program would not lead to further displacement of federal workers (Government Employee Relations Report).

OTHER VIEWS--FEHB mentioned in article about military medical system (Stars and Stripes, Washington, DC, March 3)...OPM has proposed changes making it easier to apply for disability retirement after leaving federal service (Flagship, Norfolk, VA, March 6)...OPM said the average monthly annuity of a federal retiree is $1,468 (Tampa Tribune, Tampa, FLA Feb. 25)...FEHB mentioned in article about military retirees (Columbian-Progress, Columbia, MN, Feb. 27).

OF INTEREST--The maker of Sweet n Low refuses to join in the downsizing binge and keeps using old equipment to preserve hundreds of neighborhood jobs. "They pay well, dismiss rarely and know many of their employees personally" (The New York Times).