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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.

THE FEDERAL DIARY--"Heavyweight Maryland Democrats are fighting a two-front battle to stem the flow of government jobs from the Washington area. Their goal: to keep some of their constituents on the federal payroll here and prevent others from being relocated to Iowa" (The Washington Post).

VOLUNTEERISM--Sunday, President Clinton, former presidents Bush, Carter and Ford and others will convene a three-day Presidents' Summit for America's Future in Philadelphia. Organizers aim to solicit individuals and corporations to provide at least 2 million children with five fundamental resources by the year 2000...Many large corporations are enthusiastically pledging dollar donations and the time of their employees (USA TODAY).

WELFARE TO WORK--For a once-jobless woman, "Take Our Daughters to Work Day" is a special event (Washington Post).

OTHER VIEWS--White House says no decision has been made on Presidential Award for Quality that Ft. Benning claims to have won (Ledger-Enquirer, Columbus, GA, March 27)...FEHBP to bar plans from forcing outpatient mastectomies in 1998 (Managed Care Week, Washington, DC, April 7)..."OPM issues unfair rules on conduct" (Federal Computer Week, Falls Church, VA, March 31)...OPM now has WWW site for the CFC (Chronical on Philanthropy, Washington, DC, March 20)...Hispanic activists want more political appointments (Arizona Republic, Phoenix, AZ, March 21).

OF INTEREST--It's time to switch jobs when...work stress is creating health problems (The Washington Times).