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BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 1999

"What you see isn't always what you can get," said an article in Monday's
"Washington Business" section of the Washington Post. ...  The author says
there should options when information is available electronically.  Trouble
is, the formats that Webmasters choose for the data they display rules many
of them out.  Often the user can't do much more than read information on the
screen. ...  Web pages display tables created in hypertext markup language
(HTML) and often that means trouble. ...  However, many agencies, including
the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics, make their information
available both in Acrobat format or HTML and in easy-to-manipulate
spreadsheet or database formats.  But others are in effect limiting access
to the data by providing much of it solely in Acrobat.  And some are
scanning in "legacy" documents -- the new  euphemism for paper -- as images
without going on to the further step of optical character recognition.
These documents are electronic, but can only be viewed; neither search nor
capture features are available. ...      

Employer demand for this year's spring college graduates is down a bit from
last year's frenzied scramble, colleges suggest. In the 1997-98 school year,
many talent-hungry companies recruited in fall and spring. But this year,
many recruiters met their staffing goals in the fall and aren't coming back
this spring as they did last year, schools say. ...  Budding graduates are
getting salary offers up to 8.6 percent over September offers, but the
spring increases aren't as "spectacular" as last year's,  according to the
National Association of Colleges and Employers (Wall Street Journal, page
A-1).

Business at U.S. companies outside of manufacturing expanded in March for
the third month in a row, suggesting the economy entered the second quarter
on a strong footing. The National Association of Purchasing Management's
index of nonmanufacturing business rose to 62.5 last month from 57 in
February (USA Today, page 1B).

The overall median salary increase for mid-level administrative-professional
positions at colleges and universities was 3.8 percent in the 1998-99
period, according to a survey of higher education institutions. Conducted by
the College and University Personnel Association, the survey found that the
median salary increase was highest--4.8 percent--at "other" institutions.
This designation includes system offices and specialized institutions. ...
The median salary increase was 4.3 percent at private institutions and 3.7
percent at public institutions, according to the survey. ...  (Daily Labor
Report, page A-3).

E-mail is convenient and offers abundant advantages, but the spread of its
use by employees presents employers with both subtle and glaring problems.
Legal issues grab the headlines when e-mail assumed to be private reveals
discriminatory messages or exposes compromises to company trade secrets.
Company theft of a different sort robs employees of precious time when just
dealing with the volume of received e-mail messages crowds out more
important activities. And as e-mail contact with customers grows more
common, employees' messages do not always express a tone that represents
companies well. ...  Employees often don't know who should get copies of
e-mail, how fast they must respond, and what to put in a subject line.
Legal issues are a big reason experts say guidance is needed.  The most
immediate concern for many companies is e-mail taking up too much of the
computer system's space and employees' time. ...  (Daily Labor Report, page
B-1).


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