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MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1996                           (202) 616-2777
                                               TDD (202) 514-1888
                                 
  ATTORNEY GENERAL RENO TO PRESENT NATIONAL PERFORMANCE REVIEW
                        "HAMMER AWARDS"
          AT DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE REINVENTION LAB DAY

     WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Attorney General Janet Reno will present
"Hammer Awards" to three employee working groups from Justice
Department components on Tuesday, October 22 at 10:00 am in the
Justice Department's Great Hall.  The Hammer Award is Vice
President Gore's special recognition to teams of employees which
made significant contributions in support of the President's 
National Performance Review (NPR) principles.  

     The three Justice Department teams receiving the award are:

     *  The SENTRI Reinvention Lab, for developing a secure,
     high-tech, automated border inspection system at Otay Mesa,
     California; 

     *  The Joint Automated Booking System (JABS) Lab, a multi-
     component effort which has significantly improved the
     prisoner booking process; 

     *  The Justice Prisoner Alien Transportation System (JPATS),
     which combines the resources of several DOJ components to
     schedule and transport prisoners more quickly, safely, and
     economically.

     The ceremony is part of DOJ Reinvention Lab Day, an event
showcasing the Department's 16 reinvention labs.  Several
exhibitors will display their activities and accomplishments
through videos, models, program demonstrations, and handouts in
the Justice Department Great Hall. 

     Attorney General Reno will be joined by Deputy Attorney
General Jamie Gorelick and several component heads whose
employees are receiving the award. 

NOTE:  This information is for planning purposes only, and may
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