News Briefs

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News Briefs

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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.

THE FEDERAL DIARY--"The recent announcement that the 1998 locality pay adjustments mean bigger raises for Richmond, Salisbury, Md., Milwaukee and Huntsville, Ala., has upset some local feds." (The Washington Post)

COMPUTER WOES--"A congressional report card flunked three federal agencies and faulted several others yesterday for moving too slowly on fixing potential year 2000' computer glitches." (The Washington Post)

OPM RETIREMENT PLAN--"Thousands of employees whose annuities will be reduced because their agency placed them in the wrong retirement system could benefit from a proposed solution." (Federal Times)

DISCRIMINATION SEEN--"Discrimination -- not education or location -- is the reason minorities and women still cannot get ahead in government, employees told Congress." (Federal Times)

HISPANIC HIRING--"Education, location and citizenship keep many Hispanics out of federal jobs, the Merit Systems Protection Board says." (Federal Times)

WAGE GAP--"After nearly two decades in which the wage gap between men and women was steadily narrowing, it is now widening again." (The New York Times)

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.