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“SECRETARY O'LEARY GETS PORKER OF THE WEEK AWARD” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Energy was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H2226 on March 14, 1996.
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SECRETARY O'LEARY GETS PORKER OF THE WEEK AWARD
(Mr. HEFLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute.)
Mr. HEFLEY. Mr. Speaker, the Washington Times reports this morning that energy Secretary Hazel O'Leary has spent $3.4 million to send 17,000 DOE employees to a self-help workshop called Seven Habits which is based on the book by time-management guru Steven Covey.
The 4-day workshops were run by 285 Energy Department Seven Habits facilitators and are designed to help DOE employees cope with the chaos of change.
Last month, this same Department furloughed 2,700 of its employees--
without pay--due to budget shortfalls.
It is reported that Secretary O'Leary rejected advice to cut from the training and travel budgets to avoid the furloughs.
Perhaps it would be more advisable to send Secretary O'Leary to a money management workshop.
One of Steven Coveys seven habits is to be proactive. Perhaps the President should be proactive and dump Secretary O'Leary.
Secretary O'Leary gets my Porker of the Week Award this week.
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