1.   Congress had killed a White House buyout plan earlier, and held what amounted to funeral services for the program.

2.   Some agencies have pre-approved buyout plans that are less restrictive.

3.   Baltimore Gas and Potomac Electric halted their buyout plans in July after delays in getting approval from Maryland regulators.

4.   But the buyout plan collapsed when rising interest rates prompted an investor to pull out.

5.   But the buyout plan collapsed when rising interest rates prompted an investor to pull out of the deal.

6.   Details of the second buyout plan were not immediately available.

7.   In his message, Rothenbach said he planned to come up with a more detailed buyout plan for his department by the end of September.

8.   In recent weeks the Prodigy management, helped by the investment bankers Wasserstein Perella Securities Inc., had been scrambling to find a financial backer for its buyout plan.

9.   In recent months, a seven-member committee chaired by Lee has held public meetings and worked on a new buyout plan to send to the City Council.

10.   In response, some companies now try to design buyout plans that take performance into account.