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
TAINTED MEET AT THE WHITE HOUSE-"Some years, the annual National Governors' Association dinner at the White House is a chance for presidential hopefuls to size up the digs and see if they might want to move in. Last night's dinner, though -- at what is typically a good, midterm time for governors to float balloons about running for the Oval Office -- was permeated by the possibility of a military strike on Iraq"(The Washington Post).
OPM TRIBUTE- The Office of Personnel Management will pay tribute to former OPM Director Dr. Allan K. "Scotty" Campbell on Wednesday, February 25, 1998, at 3 p.m. in the OPM Auditorium (OPM press release).
NEW QUOTA WEIGHED FOR IMMIGRANT TECHNOLOGY WORKERS-"Under pressure from Congress and the computer industry, the White House is seriously considering proposals to increase the immigration quota for computer scientists and other information-technology workers, so that foreigners can fill thousands of job openings in the United States" (The New York Times).
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