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
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COMSAT ON IT-"Comsat, the government-created, publicly owned company that has a lot of high-powered outside lobbyists working on its behalf, may be in more hot water with some lawmakers over its lobbying activities" (The Washington Post).
GINGRICH BACKS MAJOR BUDGET HIKE FOR EEOC-"The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which enforces anti-discrimination laws in the workplace, is hearing something it hasn't heard for a while: support from the Republican leadership" (The Washington Post).
LAW PROHIBITS SAME SEX HARASSMENT IN THE WORKPLACE, JUSTICES SAY-"In an important sex discrimination case, the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that federal law protects employees from being sexually harassed in the workplace by people of the same sex" (The New York Times).
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