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.
DAILY BRIEFINGS
News Briefs
DIPLOMATS LIVID, SEEING GREENE-"State Department rank and file are crying foul over the selection of a non-Foreign Service officer to the much-coveted post of consul general in Sydney" (The Washington Post).
HIGH-TECH ID CARDS PLANNED FOR USE ON MEXICAN BORDER-"In an effort aimed at tightening control of the U.S.-Mexican border, the government will soon begin replacing millions of Border Crossing Cards with state-of-the-art documents that use compact-disc technology to store information" (The Washington Post).
SENATE GOP LEADERS GIVE UP ON TAX CUTS-"Senate Republican leaders have approved a budget blueprint plowing future surpluses into Social Security and Medicare rather than tax cuts, according to a draft of the plan" (The Washington Times).
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