03/10/1999
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"Government can work better, cost less, and direct lending proves it."
"The new direct lending program is good news for taxpayers as well."
"I direct the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to implement those payments, effective as of the beginning of the first applicable pay period commencing on or after January 1, 1995."
"I further authorize and direct the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to ensure that this memorandum and a schedule of the attached comparability payment rates and localities be published ..."