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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.

WELFARE TO WORK--"Hoping to jump-start the nation's effort to move large waves of welfare recipients into the work force, President Clinton today will announce that the federal government will hire thousands of new employees off public assistance rolls, administration officials said yesterday . . . Under the administration's plan, the primary authority for hiring off welfare rolls will be a federal worker-trainee program started in 1968"(The Washington Post).

REAPPOINTMENT--"Ludlow native Jim King has been reappointed by President Clinton to oversee federal employees" (Union-News, Springfield, MA, April 8).

AWARD--The eight organizations responsible for the Washington, D.C. Metro Area Reemployment Project received a Hammer Award March 19 (Federal Human Resources Week, March 31).

THE FEDERAL DIARY--The blueprint for revamping the IRS will be unveiled soon by the Treasury Department. Most changes will require congressional approval (The Washington Post).

OTHER VIEWS--This year, the National Partnership Council will focus on partnerships experiencing difficulty and seek ways to help them overcome barriers (Government Standard, Washington, DC, Mar-Apr).

OF INTEREST--Evaporating workplace loyalties foster employee betrayal (USA TODAY)...Social Security temporarily unplugs their Web site (USA TODAY).