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
THE MONEY RACE-"Prepare for another big-money election year. Fund-raising figures for 1997 compiled by the Federal Election Commission show that congressional candidates again busted previous records" (The Washington Post).
SES SUMMIT-"The Senior Executives Association is organizing a high-level session here to take stock of the Senior Executive Service and see what changes are needed to modernize the corps created by the Carter administration" (The Washington Post).
ADMINISTRATION CUTS AFFIRMATIVE ACTION WHILE DEFENDING IT-"While it continues to defend federal affirmative action programs in Congress and the courts, the Clinton administration has, during the last two years, conducted the most sweeping reduction of those measures since they were instituted during the Nixon administration" (The New York Times).
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