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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.

The following news summaries are usually 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.

**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.

JANICE R. LACHANCE NOMINATED TO SERVE AS OPM DEPUTY DIRECTOR-- President Clinton announced his intent to nominate Janice R. Lachance to serve as Deputy Director of the Office of Personnel Management. (The White House, Office of the Press Secretary, 6/2/97).

OPM DIRECTOR JIM KING WILL SPEAK AT BENEFITS CONFERENCE--Office of Personnel Management Director James B. King will be the keynote speaker on June 11, 7 p.m., at the agency's Sixth Annual Benefits Officers Conference. The conference will be held June 11-13 in Linthicum Heights, Maryland. (OPM News Release, 6/2/97).

EARLY-RETIREMENT RIDDLE--"Now that federal agencies can allow workers to take early retirement and buyouts through the end of 1997, the question is: Who's left to take them? If there were an endangered species list for people, retirement-eligible feds would be at the top" (The Washington Post).

AGENCIES ARE HAVING DIFFICULTY MEASURING SUCCESS, GAO FINDS--"The General Accounting Office issued a 116-page report yesterday that found many federal agencies have trouble answering the question: What are we accomplishing?' The question is one of the keys to fulfilling the intent of the 1993 Government Performance and Results Act, but the GAO said its studies show the first round of pilot projects set up under the law achieved mixed results, which will lead to highly uneven government-wide implementation in the fall of 1997'" (The Washington Post).