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January 1, 1997

. In December, the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University announced the three federal winners of its anual Innovations in American Government Awards. Programs run by the Labor Department, the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Federal Emergency Management Agency took the honors.

January 1997

EXECUTIVE MEMO

In Brief

The Innovators

Say What? "We are now transitioning from an air force into an air and space force on an evolutionary path to a space and air force," says the Air Force in a new study, "Global Engagement: A Vision for the 21st Century Air Force."

President's Pay Plan. As expected, President Clinton announced in late November that he would implement a pay plan that would raise locality pay rates around the country 0.7 percent in 1997. That makes the average raise this year 3 percent.

Rule-Bending Guides. Psst, wanna get around the personnel rules? The Office of Personnel Management will show you some fancy staffing tricks via its new Template of Personnel Flexibilities on the World Wide Web at www.opm.gov/wkfcperf/html/pbo.htm. Originally designed to help performance-based organizations innovate, the template is available to all, as is its sister, the Template of Senior Executive Service Personnel Flexibilities, at www.opm. gov/wkfcperf/html/sestmplt.htm.

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