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10th Annual Federal Quality Conference

Get more information on this special conference and download a brochure and registration forms from our special conference section.

U.S. Navy International Logistics Symposium

Secretary of the Navy John H. Dalton will be a guest speaker at a three-day International Logistics Symposium sponsored by the Navy International Programs Office in conjunction with the American Society of Naval Engineers, July 14-16, 1997, at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Crystal City, VA. Representatives from government, industry and foreign nations will meet to exchange ideas and review exhibits on a variety of logistics topics related to the Navy's Foreign Military Sales program. For program information contact NAVSEA (703) 602-9000.

**TSP OPEN SEASON**The Thrift Savings Plan Open Season runs through July 31. During this time, you may begin contributing to the TSP, change the amount of your TSP contributions, or allocate TSP contributions to your account among the three investment funds. To get more information and download the forms you will need, click here.

FEDERAL DIARY-A plan to change the formula for calculating pension benefits would force federal employees to work from three to nine months longer to get the same benefits they do under the current formula (The Washington Post).

CIA KILLING-"Mir Aimal Kansi, the Pakistani native accused of killing two CIA employees and wounding three other people in a 1993 assault-rifle attack outside the spy agency's Langley headquarters, has been captured and was returned to the United States last night." (The Washington Post).

NEA IN TROUBLE-The House Appropriations subcommittee that oversees the National Endowment for the Arts voted 6-5 yesterday to provide the agency with $10 million in funds next year, just enough to shut the agency down (The Washington Times).

DHAHRAN BOMBING-A Saudi man "suspected of being a lookout in last June's Dhahran bombing, which killed 19 servicemen," is expected "to appear in court today following deportation from Canada." (The Wall Street Journal).