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.
DAILY BRIEFINGS
News Briefs
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT RESISTING LOCKHEED-NORTHROP DEAL-"Lockheed Martin Corp. scrambled to salvage its pending $12 billion merger with Northrop Grumman Corp. yesterday as the government signaled a harder line toward the megamergers reshaping the U.S. economy" (The Washington Post).
CLINTON FOCUSES ON FEDERAL CHILD CARE-"President Clinton today will call on the federal government to do more to ensure that its child-care facilities are safe" (The Washington Post).
SUIT FILED OVER DISCLOSED PHONE CALL INVOLVING GINGRICH-"Rep. John A. Boehner filed suit on Monday against Rep. Jim McDermott, accusing him of publicly disclosing an intercepted conference call involving Republican leaders" (The New York Times).
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