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classified, does require discretion. You will be dealing with intimate aspects of people’s lives and personal finances.  You will also be exposed to confidential information within the FE community. Specifically, the confidentiality agreement states that you will not report the details of your work on any social networking sites and that you will not discuss specific aspects of your job with any person except your immediate supervisor—Pat. You will not make remarks, positive or negative, about the federal government or the current Administration or any policy or person connected in any way to this Administration on-line or in conversation.  You will not at any time make disparaging remarks about the Smart Growth Community concept, or Smart Seniors, or any individual living within your community.  To violate this agreement will result in the immediate termination of your employment and will require that you pay back all sums you have received as a federal employee in this project.  Do you understand?”
    “I’m not a gossip.  If I were, I would never have lasted nineteen years in Arizona real estate. Discretion is a big component of the real estate business, in both the public and private sector. I don’t have a problem with your conditions.”
    “Fine,” Scott picked up the signed forms.  “Time is of the essence. The Administration wants to get Smart Seniors underway immediately. Unfortunately, because what you are going to be doing is complex, you need to undergo training before you can start. Normally, for training of this magnitude for a project this important we would send all of the Planners to the Federal Municipal Planning Division headquarters in Virginia, but because we have so many new hires, and we need to get everybody on the ground running, we have brought the trainers to you. Training sessions will last three weeks; during that time you will receive your materials, you will learn every aspect of the Smart Seniors Concept, and you will familiarize yourself with the exact requirements of your job. The day after the classes end, we expect you to be able to go out into the field and start selling the community. The first session begins tomorrow at 7:30 A.M. and goes until 5:00 P.M. with an hour and half break for lunch. Give these forms to my executive assistant, and she will give you a badge that will admit you to the class.  Representatives of the Federal Office of Personnel Management will be here on the third floor every day from 11:00 A.M. to 1:30 P.M. to assist all new hires with setting up your payroll and explaining how your benefits package will work.”
    “Great.  Thank you—very much,” Kris stood and shook both their hands. “I am looking forward to starting.”  Leonard and Pat returned her handshake stiffly and without much enthusiasm. Kris felt self-conscious. She reminded herself that she had never worked for the government before—in a few weeks she would know the appropriate tone for these people, but, for now, her old private sector enthusiasm was spilling out a little.
    After picking up her badge, she stopped by Westmore Real Estate to pick up her final check from the cash sale that had closed the week before and to explain that she had gotten a new job and would be starting immediately. Carol, the receptionist-bookkeeper was at lunch, and Kris had to wait for an hour for her to come back, since she did not want to tell Doug that she had a new job until she had her check.  As soon as she had it in her purse, she broke the news to Doug and then rushed straight to the bank to cash the check—just in case he decided to stop payment. She probably had nothing to fear—he seemed not to care one way or the other and probably didn’t since she had closed so few sales since coming to work there, but Kris wasn’t taking any chances.
    She had enough money to pay her credit card bills, rent a room for five nights at the Super Sleep, and buy food if she shopped carefully. That