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.
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SCIENCE FOUNDATION OFFICIAL PROBED IN CONFLICT CASE-"A high-ranking official at the National Science Foundation has broken federal conflict-of-interest laws by participating in a decision awarding a grant to an organization with whom he also was negotiating about a prospective job, according to the agency's inspector general's office" (The Washington Post).
DIGESTING THE EVIDENCE-"Once upon a time, senior U.S. officials could travel abroad and be showered with fancy gifts: baubles, antiques and such. Now it seems the more exotic the gift, the more legal and practical hoops to jump through" (The Washington Post).
WOMEN OCCUPY MORE EXECUTIVE POSITIONS-Between 1980 and 1994 the percent of women in executive, administrative and managerial occupations increased from 6.9 to 12.4 percent (Department of Health and Human Services study entitled "Women: Work and Health").
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