Thousands of post office counter staff have voted to go on strike, in a dispute over pay and job security.
In effect, it will be a conference call to a call centre, and will be available later in the day, when counter staff have gone home.
"While there have been more occasions when there is standing room only, there are still some periods when it's slow, " said a counter staff who gave her surname as Wang.
The union said it wanted to secure a pay rise for Crown office counter staff, who have not had one since 2011, unlike other workers such as supply-chain staffers and postmasters.
The Pentagon will dramatically increase its cyber-security staff to counter threats against US government computer networks, according to media reports.
In addition, Emirates airline said Shahzad bought his ticket with cash at the airport counter, and the staff, considering that unusual, immediately informed airport security officials.
Enterprises have had to develop their own staff and tools to counter the onslaught.
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Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has warned councils against using "under-the-counter pay-offs to silence departing staff".
"FSB counter-intelligence agents detained a CIA staff member who had been working under the cover of third political secretary of the US embassy in Moscow, " the FSB said.
That is presenting problems for staff that no amount of training and resources can counter.
Against them have stood Joe Biden, the vice-president, who is reckoned to favour a narrower focus on counter-terrorism operations, and Rahm Emanuel, the White House chief of staff, who is thought to be worried about the impact of the deepening war on Mr Obama's prospects for re-election.
My member of ground staff was not amused, but ignorant of obstetrics she lacked any reasonable counter-suggestions.
In one of his last messages to his staff before he is replaced by Leon Panetta next month, he said the agency had many counter-terror tools in its arsenal and would adapt accordingly.
The defense secretary had used a similar approach in dealing with the Air Force two years earlier, replacing a Secretary and Chief of Staff too committed to the F-22 fighter with new leaders who would not oppose his counter-insurgency-centered spending priorities.
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