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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.

OPM--OPM Acting Director Janice Lachance will visit and salute Horizonte, a multicultural learning center where specially-designed scholastic programs help students at risk due to academic or social circumstances, or cultural differences. The visit is scheduled for Monday, September 15 in Salt Lake City, Utah (Office of Communications Press Release, September 12).

THE FEDERAL DIARY--Readers respond to a previous column about discrimination (Monday, 9/15)...Readers respond to a previous column about locality pay (9/14)...and...National Partnership Awards given out last week (The Washington Post).

CONGRESSIONAL PAY--"House leaders are weighing a plan to raise lawmakers' salaries without a direct vote on the politically sensitive question when the House considers the spending bill covering CONGRESSIONAL pay in the next two weeks" (The Washington Post).

AROUND THE AGENCIES--Four agencies to be barred from buying computers until year 2000 glitch is fixed: Agriculture, Transportation and Education departments as well as USIA (The Washington Post)...David Satcher has been nominated as CDC Surgeon General (The Washington Post).

SELLING GOVERNMENT--Americans hate bureaucrats. Except the ones in those TV commercials. Selling the government like soap; it seems to work (The New York Times).

FAMILY FRIENDLY--On-the-job day care and other specialized benefits replace wage increases (The Washington Post)...Employee loyalty to family-friendly firms proves that companies that become more flexible attract and keep good workers (The Washington Post, Business).

CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENTS

Access America Conferences

The National Performance Review (NPR), will launch a series of informational conferences aimed at providing government employees and private industry IT officials with techniques and strategies for implementing the goals of Access America, an NPR report outlining steps to increase access--via the Internet--to government services. The first conference will be held September 25 in Baltimore, Md. and then will travel to other cities across the country. Expert panels will discuss IT topics, including Internet/Intranet successes, the future of Distance Learning and collaboration, IT acquisition and procurement reform, and privacy and security.

Industry Advisory Council's Executive Leadership Conference

October 5-7, 1997 Richmond, Virginia. Forty-six hours of exciting and important keynotes, workshops and frank discussions on the topics foremost in the minds of both government and industry leaders such as "How the Internet is changing the way we do business;" "Public vs private competition: Does it make sense?" and "Past Performance of Past Performance." $265 for government attendees and $425 for industry members. Register separately at the Richmond Marriott (804) 643-3400. Contact Mary Ellen Geoffroy, Executive Director of IAC at 703-218-1965.

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.