OPM announced today that its new Deputy Director Christine Griffin has taken office following Senate confirmation. Ms. Griffin had been an U.S. Equal Opportunity Commissioner. Govexec,com reports that "A wheelchair user and labor and employment law expert, [Ms.] Griffin has been a forceful advocate for federal hiring of workers with disabilities, something she has said could provide a model to help overcome discrimination against disabled employees in the private sector."
On the health care reform front, the Baltimore Sun reports that the Congressional majority leadership continues to lean toward informal negotiations over the substance of a final bill instead of a formal conference committee. The informal negotiations would be limited to the House and Senate majority leadership and the White House. The negotiations would be based on the Senate bill rather than the House bill. The outcome of the negotiations would be presented first to the House and then to the Senate which raises a risk of "ping ponging" between the Houses. A Business Insurance report reminds us of key differences between the House and Senate bills.
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