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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.

DTIC Annual Conference

The Defense Technical Information Center is presenting its Annual Users Meeting and Training Conference on Nov. 3-6, 1997 at the DoubleTree Hotel, National Airport, Arlington, Va. The conference theme is Information in the New Millenium. Contact Ms. Julia Foscue at 703-767-8236 or by e-mail at jfoscue@dtic.mil.

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.

**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.

THE FEDERAL DIARY--"Large-scale buyout offers will return briefly in October for federal workers in many agencies. But what you don't know about buyout offers could hurt you. Not all buyouts are alike." At 9 a.m. tomorrow on WUST radio (1120 AM) OPM's Ed McHugh and Greg Keller will take about buyouts and programs to help retrain and place workers caught up in downsizing (The Washington Post).

AGRICULTURE CUTS--The Agriculture Department plans to cut about 1,320 administrative jobs at its county, state and national offices over the next five years in an attempt to shift money into computer modernization and to protect basic services, according to an internal memo from Secretary Dan Glickman (The Washington Post).

TENET CONFIRMED--"The Senate last night unanimously approved acting CIA Director George J. Tenet for the top intelligence job after its intelligence committee waited two months for completion of a Justice Department investigation that most members considered unnecessary (The Washington Post).

WINSTON IN LINE FOR PANEL ON RACE--"Judith A.Winston, acting undersecretary and general cousel at the Education Department, is Clinton's pick to be the executive director of the President's Initiative on Race, which includes a seven-member panel set up by Clinton last month to take a year-long look into the state of race relations in the country" (The Washington Post).