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
NEW ARLINGTON BURIAL RULES-"The House rewrote the rules on who is eligible for burial at Arlington National Cemetery yesterday, limiting plots to members of the armed forces who die on active duty, military retirees, recipients of the Medal of Honor and other top awards, former prisoners of war and the president and former presidents" (The Washington Post).
SUSPICIOUS PACKAGES PROBED-"Secret Service agents questioned a Vermont man yesterday about packages sent to two U.S. senators that contained gunpowder and threats against former president Ronald Reagan" (The Washington Post).
INDIANS ARE LATEST TO DISRUPT RACE PANEL-"President Clinton's Advisory Board on Race board was given a rude lesson on the pitfalls that can befall it when one racial group, in this case American Indians, feels that a high-profile racial initiative is ignoring them" (The New York Times).
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