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<h2 class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">EMPLOYEES
WORKING AT HOME</font></b></h2>
<h3 class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b>Is It Right
For Your Company?</b></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b> </b> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Employees
working at home, doing your company�s work, unsupervised, uncontrolled in their
own home. Scary thoughts immediately come to mind. Not the least
of which is how and when am I going to find the time to explore this and create
such a system?</font> </p>
<ol style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in" start="1" type="1">
<li class="MsoNormal">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Most of the
scary stuff is groundless</font></p>
</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">The hidden
advantages alone should drive you to examine the possibilities.</font></p>
</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">The biggest
problem you have doesn�t have to be your problem at all.</font></p>
</li>
</ol>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>1.
Most of the scary stuff is groundless:</b></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Most
of our worries are based on the loss of management control, the need to micromanage,
the distrust of employees on their own at home. Working at home is absenteeism!
Not production! Workers at home could actually take a nap! And you wouldn�t
know it!</font></p>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"> </font></p>
</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Too often
we view management as the little things, the appraisal of the incidental
but not necessary stuff. That is, we use tardiness, busy-ness, speed,
appearance, personality, number of bathroom visits, length of lunch hour,
attitude, and a lot of other incidental things as performance indicators.
We often miss the key issues, <u>what</u> did they produce? <u>How
much</u> did they produce? How <u>good</u> was it? What does the company
really need and value? Does this employee provide any of that?</font></p>
</li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.25in"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">The
solutions, of course, are:</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -.25in; margin-left: .75in"> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><span style="font-family: Symbol">�<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span>Know what you want</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -.25in; margin-left: .75in"> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><span style="font-family: Symbol">�<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span>How much you are getting</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -.25in; margin-left: .75in"> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><span style="font-family: Symbol">�<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span>Just how good it is</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Then,
with that knowledge, you need to measure the outcome and evaluate the performance.
Can you get what you want and need whether the employee does it at your place
or theirs?</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>2.
The hidden advantages:</b></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">If
you could get the same amount of work from people but at the same time:</font></p>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Reduce the
amount of work space, the square foot floor space you have to provide</font></p>
</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Reduce the
amount of heat, air conditioning, utilities, bathroom space, parking space,
liability insurance, cleaning costs, security control, supervision, safety
protection, desk space, furniture, phones, tardiness, employee personality
conflicts, various employee accommodations, etc., etc.</font></p>
</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Reduce traffic
flow, highway congestion, police protection, smog, highway death toll, taxes!</font></p>
</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">To have an
employee that now focuses on the expected, measured output of their work,
everyday instead of just showing up, staying busy, getting through the day.</font></p>
</li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>3.
The biggest problem you have doesn�t have to be your problem at all.</b></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">The
biggest problem here is determining which job(s) can and will be done at home.
The second is how do you design it and monitor it and plug up the obvious gaps.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">The
answer is, you don�t. If employees come to you wanting or demanding that
you accommodate <u>their</u> desire to work from home, your response should
be to make it <u>their</u> quest, not yours.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Tell
the employee that if they can design a system that satisfies all the concerns,
issues and problems and can convince you, you will consider it.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Don�t
let employees wear you down and out by them managing you. By having you
become responsible for their success and/or happiness. As with most employee
and job problems, you don�t need to have all the answers. You act as a
good leader and say, �What do you think?� �What do you suggest?�
�How would you solve that?� �Where can you find the answer?� �You
convince me!�</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">They
may surprise you and do just that.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Bill
Cook</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Human
Resource Associates</i></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<hr>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
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<p align="left"><b><u><font size="4"
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Hitchhiking on the Information
Highway</font></u></b></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><font
size="4" color="#FF0000">Dateline: June 2002</font></b></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">Note. Although we attempt to provide the HRU update on the first
of each month, we are normally delayed awaiting the release of several
monthly government statistical reports. We will hereafter update the information
as each report becomes available without waiting for all of them to be
released.</font></i></p>
<h3><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Disability Laws Beginning
To Make Sense</font></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Back
in the early 1970s, the Heavy Equipment operators refused to hire two
women of child bearing age on certain equipment types as the intense vibrations
could cause reproductive organ damages. They were accused of �Paternalism�.
The courts ruled that it was the employee�s decision to take the risk,
not the employer and they were required to change their hiring practices.
Several years later the Operators were successfully sued when a group
of women sued for damage to reproductive organs as a result of operating
that equipment. </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Recent
court cases ending at the U.S. Supreme Court have reversed that situation
by ruling that an employer could refuse to hire someone when a specific
risk to the individual could be documented. The Court said that an employee
could not be allowed to take an unreasonable risk to themselves in order
to get the job they wanted. They stated that they �want employers
to care about their employees� not to �take a position that�s
completely barbarous� by allowing employees to risk harm, health and death
for a job. This decision overruled a lower California court, which
had earlier ruled that an employer could not refuse to allow an employee
to risk their life unless they could establish a risk to <i>other</i>
employees.</font></p>
<h3 class="MsoNormal">Your Work Week</h3>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none; padding: 0in"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">The
average U.S. workweek (as scheduled) is holding at 34.2 hours per week.
This combines part time, temporary and full time work but not absenteeism.</font>
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<p align="left"><font size="-1"
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Minimum Wage:</b></font></p>
</td>
<center>
<td width="91%"><font size="-1"
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">$5.15/hr.</font></td>
</center>
</tr>
</table>
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<tr>
<td width="13%" valign="middle"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>Average
Hourly
Income:</b></font></td>
<td width="55%">
<table border="0" width="106%">
<tr>
<td width="100%">
<p align="center"><b><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Hourly</font></b>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="100%">
<table border="0" width="514">
<tr>
<td width="64">
<p align="center"><font size="-1"
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><u><b>June</b></u><br>
$14.29</font>
</td>
<td width="64">
<p align="center"><font size="-1"
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><u>July</u></b><br>
$14.34</font>
</td>
<td width="64">
<p align="center"><font size="-1"
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><u><b>August</b></u><br>
$14.38</font>
</td>
<td width="64">
<p align="center"><font face="Verdana"><b><u><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">September</font></u></b><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><br>
$14.41</font></font>
</td>
<td width="64"><b><u><font size="-1"
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">October</font></u></b><font
size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br>
$14.47</font></td>
<td width="64"><u><b><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">November</font></b></u><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><br>
$14.54</font> </td>
<td width="64">
<p align="center">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="64">
<p align="center"><b><u><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">December</font></u></b><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><br>
$14.61</font>
</td>
<td width="64">
<p align="center"><u><b><font color="#000000"
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">January</font></b></u><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><br>
$14.59</font>
</td>
<td width="64">
<p align="center"><font size="-1"
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><u>Feb.</u></b><br>
$14.61</font>
</td>
<td width="64">
<p align="center"><font size="-1"
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><u>Mar.</u></b><br>
$14.67</font>
</td>
<td width="64">
<p align="center"><font size="-1"
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><u>Apr.</u></b><br>
$14.69</font>
</td>
<td width="64">
<p align="center"><font size="-1"
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><u><b>May</b></u><br>
$14.70</font>
</td>
<td width="64"></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
<td width="32%">
<table border="0" width="101%" height="78">
<tr>
<td width="100%" height="40">
<p align="center"><font size="-1"
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><u>Family of<br>
Four</u></b></font>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="100%" height="30">
<p align="center"><font size="-1"
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">$59,900 (annual)</font>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="13%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>Poverty
Level:</b></font></td>
<td width="55%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"> </td>
<td width="32%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0">
<p align="center"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">$17,650 (annual)</font>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table border="0" width="90%">
<tr>
<td width="100%">
<p><b><u><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">Benefit Costs as a Percentage of Payroll</font></u></b></p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table border="0" width="90%" height="275">
<tr>
<td width="53%" height="25">
<p> </p>
</td>
<td width="11%" height="25">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b><u>1997</u></b></font></p>
</td>
<td width="12%" height="25">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b><u>1998</u></b></font></p>
</td>
<td width="12%" height="25">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b><u>1999</u></b></font></p>
</td>
<td width="12%" height="25">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b><u>2000</u></b></font></p>
</td>
<td width="12%" height="25">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b><u>2001</u></b></font></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="53%" height="25">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Statutory
Benefits</font></p>
</td>
<td width="11%" height="25">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">8.55%</font></p>
</td>
<td width="12%" height="25">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">8.39%</font></p>
</td>
<td width="12%" height="25">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">7.93%</font></p>
</td>
<td width="12%" height="25">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">8.15%</font></p>
</td>
<td width="12%" height="25">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">8.3%</font></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="53%" height="25">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Health
Care Benefits</font></p>
</td>
<td width="11%" height="25">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">8.58</font></p>
</td>
<td width="12%" height="25">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">8.43</font></p>
</td>
<td width="12%" height="25">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">8.11</font></p>
</td>
<td width="12%" height="25">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">7.47</font></p>
</td>
<td width="12%" height="25">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">7.47</font></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="53%" height="25">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Pension
Plans</font></p>
</td>
<td width="11%" height="25">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">4.66</font></p>
</td>
<td width="12%" height="25">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">4.31</font></p>
</td>
<td width="12%" height="25">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">3.84</font></p>
</td>
<td width="12%" height="25">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">5.06</font></p>
</td>
<td width="12%" height="25">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">5.06</font></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="53%" height="25">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Capital
Accumulation Plans</font></p>
</td>
<td width="11%" height="25">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">3.71</font></p>
</td>
<td width="12%" height="25">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">3.53</font></p>
</td>
<td width="12%" height="25">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">3.88</font></p>
</td>
<td width="12%" height="25">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">3.62</font></p>
</td>
<td width="12%" height="25">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">3.62</font></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="53%" height="25">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Death
Benefits</font></p>
</td>
<td width="11%" height="25">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">0.55</font></p>
</td>
<td width="12%" height="25">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">0.49</font></p>
</td>
<td width="12%" height="25">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">0.46</font></p>
</td>
<td width="12%" height="25">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">0.37</font></p>
</td>
<td width="12%" height="25">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">0.37</font></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="53%" height="25">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Disability
Benefits</font></p>
</td>
<td width="11%" height="25">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">0.48</font></p>
</td>
<td width="12%" height="25">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">0.48</font></p>
</td>
<td width="12%" height="25">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">0.47</font></p>
</td>
<td width="12%" height="25">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">0.47</font></p>
</td>
<td width="12%" height="25">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">0.47</font></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="53%" height="25">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Other
Benefits</font></p>
</td>
<td width="11%" height="25">
<p><u><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">1.02</font></u></p>
</td>
<td width="12%" height="25">
<p><u><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">1.16</font></u></p>
</td>
<td width="12%" height="25">
<p><u><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">0.87</font></u></p>
</td>
<td width="12%" height="25">
<p><u><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">0.91</font></u></p>
</td>
<td width="12%" height="25">
<p><u><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">0.91</font></u></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="53%" height="25">
<p align="center"><b><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Total Benefits</font></b></p>
</td>
<td width="11%" height="25">
<p><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">24.83%</font></b></p>
</td>
<td width="12%" height="25">
<p><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">23.40%</font></b></p>
</td>
<td width="12%" height="25">
<p><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">22.83%</font></b></p>
</td>
<td width="12%" height="25"></td>
<td width="12%" height="25">
<p><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">27.10%</font></b></p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table border="0" width="90%">
<tr>
<td width="100%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Predicted
increases in benefit costs (adjusted since 9/11/2001 terrorist attacks):</font></p>
<table border="0" width="99%">
<tr>
<td width="61%" valign="top">
<blockquote>
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">Overall health & accident policy benefits</font></p>
</blockquote>
</td>
<td width="39%" valign="top"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">15% increase</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="61%" valign="top">
<blockquote>
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">Workers Compensation</font></p>
</blockquote>
</td>
<td width="39%" valign="top"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">30% increase
nationwide</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="61%" valign="top">
<blockquote>
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">Health</font></p>
</blockquote>
</td>
<td width="39%" valign="top"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">20% increase
on average but 25-30% for small companies</font></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0">
<tr>
<td width="25%" valign="top"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>Gas Prices:<br>
</b><i>Regular</i></font></td>
<td width="13%" valign="top">
<p align="center"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1"><b><u>National Avg.<br>
July 15</u></b><br>
$1.43/gal.</font>
</td>
<td width="13%" valign="top">
<p align="center"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1"><b><u>National Avg.<br>
August 15</u></b><br>
$1.39/gal.</font>
</td>
<td width="13%" valign="top">
<p align="center"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1"><b>National Avg.<br>
<u>September 15</u></b><br>
$1.53/gal.</font>
</td>
<td width="13%" valign="top">
<p align="center"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1"><b>National Avg.<br>
<u>October 15</u></b><br>
$1.29/gal.</font>
</td>
<td width="13%" valign="top">
<p align="center"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1"><b>National Avg.<br>
<u>November 15</u></b><br>
$1.18/gal.</font>
</td>
<td width="13%" valign="top">
<p align="center"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1"><b>National Avg.<br>
<u>December 15</u></b><br>
$1.09/gal.</font>
</td>
<td width="13%" valign="top"> </td>
<td width="36%"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="25%" valign="top"> </td>
<td width="13%" valign="top">
<p align="center"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1"><b>National Avg.<br>
<u>January 15</u></b><br>
$1.11/gal.</font>
</td>
<td width="13%" valign="top">
<p align="center"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1"><b>National Avg.<br>
<u>February 15</u></b><br>
$1.08/gal.</font>
</td>
<td width="13%" valign="top">
<p align="center"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1"><b>National Avg.<br>
<u>March 15</u></b><br>
$1.24/gal.</font>
</td>
<td width="13%" valign="top">
<div align="center"> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>National
Avg.<br>
<u>April 15</u></b><br>
$1.42/gal.</font> </div>
</td>
<td width="13%" valign="top">
<div align="center"> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>National
Avg.<br>
<u>May 15</u></b><br>
$1.42/gal.</font> </div>
</td>
<td width="13%" valign="top">
<div align="center"> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>National
Avg.<br>
<u>June 1</u></b><br>
$1.39/gal.</font> </div>
</td>
<td width="13%" valign="top">
<p align="center">
</td>
<td width="36%">
<p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1"><b>High (CA) $1.89<br>
Low (OH) $1.39</b></font>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<b>
<table border="0" width="79%">
<tr>
<td width="50%">
<p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1"><b>IRS Mileage Allowance <i>(1-01-02)</i>:</b></font></p>
</td>
<center>
<td width="50%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">36.5 cents per mile</font></td>
</center>
</tr>
</table>
<table border="0" width="54%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0">
<tr>
<td width="32%">
<p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1"><b>Postage:</b></font></p>
</td>
<center>
<td width="68%"> </td>
</center>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="32%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">1 oz.</font></td>
<td width="68%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">.34</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="32%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">Each additional ounce</font></td>
<td width="68%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">.23</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="32%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1"><i>Postcards</i></font></td>
<td width="68%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">.21</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="32%"> </td>
<td width="68%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><i>Note:
Postal rate increase effective June 30th 2002</i> <b>1 oz.= .37</b></font></p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table border="0" width="38%">
<tr>
<td width="100%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1"><b>Where your federal tax dollar went in 2001:</b></font></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table border="0" width="38%">
<tr>
<td width="67%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">Social Security</font></td>
<td width="33%">
<p align="right"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">23%</font>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="67%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">Discretionary</font></td>
<td width="33%">
<p align="right"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">19%</font>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="67%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">Defense</font></td>
<td width="33%">
<p align="right"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">16%</font>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="67%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">Medicare (over 65 years of age)</font></td>
<td width="33%">
<p align="right"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">13%</font>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="67%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">Other</font></td>
<td width="33%">
<p align="right"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">11%</font>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="67%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">Interest on National Debt</font></td>
<td width="33%">
<p align="right"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">11%</font>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="67%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">Medicaid</font></td>
<td width="33%">
<p align="right"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">7%</font>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="67%"> </td>
<td width="33%">
<p align="right"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1"><b>100%</b></font>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table border="0" width="34%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0">
<tr>
<td width="100%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1"><b>Where Uncle Sam got his money in 2001:</b></font></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table border="0" width="34%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0">
<tr>
<td width="61%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">Individual income tax</font></td>
<td width="39%">
<p align="right"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">50%</font>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="61%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">Payroll taxes</font></td>
<td width="39%">
<p align="right"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">32%</font>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="61%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">Corporate taxes</font></td>
<td width="39%">
<p align="right"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">10%</font>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="61%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">Other</font></td>
<td width="39%">
<p align="right"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">8%</font>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="61%"> </td>
<td width="39%">
<p align="right"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1"><b>100%</b></font>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table border="0" width="37%">
<tr>
<td width="63%">
<p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1"><b><u>Population:</u></b></font></p>
</td>
<center>
<td width="37%"> </td>
</center>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="63%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1"><b>World</b></font></td>
<td width="37%">
<p align="center"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">6 billion</font>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="63%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1"><b>U.S.</b></font></td>
<td width="37%">
<p align="center"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">282 million</font>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</b>
<table border="1" width="90%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0">
<tr> <b>
<td width="48%">
<p align="left"><b> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">U.S.
Workforce</font></b></p>
</td>
</b>
<center>
<b>
<td width="10%" align="center"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b><u>June
2001</u></b></font></td>
<td width="10%" align="center"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><u><b>July
2001</b></u></font></td>
<td width="10%" align="center"><b><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><u>August 2001</u></font></b></td>
<td width="10%" align="center"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b><u>September
2001</u></b></font></td>
<td width="10%" align="center">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b><u>October
2001</u></b></font></p>
</td>
<td width="10%" align="center"><font size="-1"
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><u>November 2001</u></b></font></td>
</b>
</center>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="48%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">U.S. Civilian Workforce</font></td>
<td width="10%" align="right"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">141.354,000</font></td>
<td width="10%" align="right"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">141,774,000</font></td>
<td width="10%" align="right"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">141,350,000</font></td>
<td width="10%" align="right"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">142,190,000</font></td>
<td width="10%" align="right">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">142,290,000</font></p>
</td>
<td width="10%" align="right"><font size="-1"
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">142,279,000</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="48%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">Number Unemployed</font></td>
<td width="10%" align="right"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">6,422,000</font></td>
<td width="10%" align="right"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">6,395,000</font></td>
<td width="10%" align="right"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">6,957,000</font></td>
<td width="10%" align="right"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">7,009,000</font></td>
<td width="10%" align="right">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">7,741,000</font></p>
</td>
<td width="10%" align="right"><font size="-1"
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">8,160,000</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="48%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">Unemployment Rate</font></td>
<td width="10%" align="center"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">4.5%</font></td>
<td width="10%" align="center"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">4.5%</font></td>
<td width="10%" align="center"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">4.9%</font></td>
<td width="10%" align="center"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">4.9%</font></td>
<td width="10%" align="center">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">5.4%</font></p>
</td>
<td width="10%" align="center"><font size="-1"
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">5.7%</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="48%"> </td>
<td width="10%" align="center">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b><u>December
2001</u></b></font></p>
</td>
<td width="10%" align="center"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><u><b>January
2002</b></u></font></td>
<td width="10%" align="center"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><u><b>February
2002</b></u></font></td>
<td width="10%" align="center"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><u><b>March
2002</b></u></font></td>
<td width="10%" align="center"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><u><b>April
2002</b></u></font></td>
<td width="10%" align="center"><u><b> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">May</font></b></u><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><u><b> 2002</b></u></font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="48%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">U.S. Civilian Workforce</font></td>
<td width="10%" align="right">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">142,314,000</font></p>
</td>
<td width="10%" align="right"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">141,390,000</font></td>
<td width="10%" align="right"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">142,211,000</font></td>
<td width="10%" align="right"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">142,005,000</font></td>
<td width="10%" align="right"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">142,570,000</font></td>
<td width="10%" align="right">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">142,800,000</font></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="48%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">Number Unemployed</font></td>
<td width="10%" align="right">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">8,300,000</font></p>
</td>
<td width="10%" align="right"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">7,900.000</font></td>
<td width="10%" align="right"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">7,892,000</font></td>
<td width="10%" align="right"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">8,111,000</font></td>
<td width="10%" align="right"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">8,594,000</font></td>
<td width="10%" align="right">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">8,351,000</font></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="48%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">Unemployment Rate</font></td>
<td width="10%" align="center">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">5.8%</font></p>
</td>
<td width="10%" align="center">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">5.8%</font></p>
</td>
<td width="10%" align="center">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">5.5%</font></p>
</td>
<td width="10%" align="center">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">5.7%</font></p>
</td>
<td width="10%" align="center">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">6.0%</font></p>
</td>
<td width="10%" align="center">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">5.8%</font></p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table border="0" width="77%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0">
<tr>
<td width="50%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1"><b>Average Cost of replacing one Federal Government employee:</b></font></td>
<td width="50%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">$36,000</font></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table border="0" width="85%">
<tr>
<td width="15%">
<p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1"><b>Productivity Rates </b></font></p>
</td>
<center>
<td width="14%" align="center" bgcolor="#0000FF"><u><b> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1" color="#FFFFFF">
2000</font></b></u></td>
<td width="14%" align="center" bgcolor="#0000FF"><u><b> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1" color="#FFFFFF">
2001</font></b></u></td>
<td width="14%" align="center"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b><u>1st Qtr.<br>
2002</u></b></font></td>
</center>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="15%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><i>OUTPUT
PER HOUR</i></font></p>
</td>
<td width="14%" align="center" bgcolor="#0000FF">
<p><font color="#FFFFFF"
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">3.3%</font></p>
</td>
<td width="14%" align="center" bgcolor="#0000FF">
<p><font color="#FFFFFF"
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">1.9%</font></p>
</td>
<td width="14%" align="center">
<p><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">8.4%</font></p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table border="0" width="72%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0">
<tr>
<td width="25%">
<p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1"><b>Absentee Rates (annualized)</b></font></p>
</td>
<center>
<td width="15%" align="center" valign="top"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b><u>1997</u></b></font></td>
<td width="15%" align="center" valign="top"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b><u>1998</u></b></font></td>
<td width="15%" align="center" valign="top"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b><u>1999</u></b></font></td>
<td width="15%" align="center" valign="top"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b><u>2000</u></b></font></td>
<td width="16%" align="center" valign="top"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b><u>2001</u></b></font></td>
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<td width="15%" align="center" valign="top"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">1.5%</font></td>
<td width="15%" align="center" valign="top"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">1.6%</font></td>
<td width="15%" align="center" valign="top"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">1.7%</font></td>
<td width="15%" align="center" valign="top"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">1.7%</font></td>
<td width="16%" align="center" valign="top">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">3.6%</font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1"><i>men=2.6%,<br>
women=4.8%</i></font></p>
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