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On Christmas Eve 2009, the U.S. Senate passed a mammoth health care bill that would dramatically expand the role of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM). Why should Americans care about this? OPM is the government agency that runs the federal civil service and also administers the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program--and does a decent job at both. But with its new powers, OPM would no longer merely act as referee in the annual competition among private health plans trying to attract federal workers. OPM would become the official sponsor of at least two national health plans (rea...

GREAT BEND TRIBUNE FHSU to host spring management workshops Learn management skills at these workshops at Fort Hays State University. HAYS – The Management Development Center at Fort Hays State University is offering three public workshops this spring. Each workshop is based on sound management theory and delivered in a practical, applied method that allows participants to begin using their newly learned skills as soon as they return to the workplace.  The workshops are:  Agile EQ: Understanding Emotional Intelligence - 8:30 a.m. to noon Tuesday, Ap...

Hays Daily News Filled with anticipation for the new semester and re-energized after taking advantage of the privilege to rest and enjoy a long winter break, I find myself thinking about some of the people I admire and/or have gotten to know better this past year because of the pandemic. Here are just a few: our Hays city commissioners, our county health administrator and a group I refer to as our city rallying team. Our city commissioners – Michael Berges, Sandy Jacobs, Ron Mellick, Shaun Musil and Mason Ruder – have always had important, and sometimes controversial, decisions to make, b...