OPM on Monday issued interim regulations to permanently authorize career transition assistance programs created in the mid-1990s for employees who lose their jobs through downsizing.
So far, mad-cow disease and its human counterpart have never been detected in the United States. Several federal agencies have teamed up to try to keep the disease out of American pastures.
Federal workers were a little less happy with their jobs last year than in previous years, according to a survey conducted by the Merit Systems Protection Board.
