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20 INDICTED ON ALLEGED SCHEME TO FALSIFY CITIZENSHIP TEST DATA-"Federal authorities yesterday announced the indictment of 20 people accused of involvement in a nationwide scheme to falsify the citizenship test results of as many as 13,000 immigrants in 22 states, including Virginia and Maryland (The Washington Post).

SOCIAL SECURITY REMARKS DRAW TENTATIVE PRAISE-"President Clinton's call last night for a moratorium on spending future budget surpluses until Congress and the White House work out a long-term plan to preserve Social Security won cautious praise from Republicans and Democrats as a bold move to put the future of the massive retirement program at the top of his agenda (The Washington Post).

LOBBYISTS SUPPORT RUNYON DEPUTY TO SUCCEED THE POSTMASTER GENERAL-"Thirteen months before Marvin T. Runyon, a former auto executive, announced his retirement, one of Washington's senior postal lobbyists sent a memo to several of his colleagues. Timothy J. May's message: Let's press the Postal Service Board of Governors to look inside the agency for the next postmaster general" (The Washington Post).

APPLY FOR CENSUS JOBS WITH EASE-"U.S. Office of Personnel Management Director Janice Lachance announced that it soon will be easier for statisticians, mathematical statisticians, and computer specialists to apply for federal positions at the Bureau of the Census thanks to the development of three customized on-line applications for OPM's USAJOBS web site" (OPM press release).

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