The PWP 7000LT also has an optional "Coronacalc" spreadsheet program ($59.95) that handles simple financial documents, like budgets or sales reports.

"This is not a workers' strike," said Mr. de la Paz, 56, who handles reports of breakdowns for the phone company.

Handles direct reports from engineering staff, including ensigns Beth, Torelli and Yates.

Officials said it also reflects the difficulty that Washington has in handling reports of corruption that involve high-level Mexican officials.

The department received 44 such calls last Tuesday, all unfounded, and it handled 375 bomb threats and reports between Sept. 11 and Oct. 10.

Among other priorities, the Department of Social Services plans to increase its staff to handle increased reports of child abuse, which have risen 171 percent in the last six years.

The plan limits caseloads to 15 cases for each worker and creates a separate staff of investigators to handle reports of abuse and neglect.

The cardinal forcefully repeated his condemnation of the sexual abuse of children and again laid out how the New York Archdiocese handles such reports.

The board would focus on corruption, while the Civilian Complaint Review Board would continue to handle reports of police brutality.

The House ethics committee is trying to determine how Mr. Hastert's office handled reports of Mr. Foley's inappropriate e-mail exchanges with pages.