The Nation - News from Nov. 13, 1985

A high-ranking official in the federal Office of Personnel Management, whose Senate testimony helped prevent her former boss from continuing as OPM director, has been asked to resign. The White House denied reports that Deputy OPM Director Loretta Cornelius was asked to resign because her testimony had angered conservative supporters of former OPM Director Donald J. Devine. Cornelius told a Senate panel that before Devine resigned as OPM director to become executive assistant temporarily, he signed documents delegating himself powers to continue running the agency. The disclosure caused Devine to withdraw his name for a second term at OPM.