Inside Washington

Attorney General JANET RENO canceled out of a Drug Enforcement Administration memorial service for slain agents that was held last week, angering many in the DEA, who take the event very seriously. In fact, Reno is the first Attorney General in 11 years not to attend or at least send a proxy. Reno's excuse: she had to go to a school event with Clinton. At the FBI, rank and filers have been irked by Reno's fondness for what they regard as silly p.r. events -- one senior executive there was placed on unpaid leave for publicly criticizing her.