USDANEWS VOLUME 55 NO. 9 - OCTOBER 1996

INSIDE THE "USDA NEWS"

1. Full Steam Ahead for USDA's Buyout Plan for FY97
   3,750 Fewer of Us Here by January?

2. 'High-Tech Hardware' Helps Us Save Bigtime on Our Energy Costs
   This Gives New Meaning to 'Chill Out'

3. Secretary Dan Glickman
   
   
4. Administrative NUGGETS
   
   
5. Employees make these things...HAPPEN!
   
   
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7. USDA-Sponsored Calendar Highlights

8. Editor's Roundup -- USDA people in the news

• Thomas Billy was selected as administrator of the Food Safety and Inspection Service.

• Jim Perry was selected as the associate general counsel for natural resources with the Office of the General Counsel.

• Bob Williams was selected as the regional forester for the Forest Service's Pacific Northwest Region, based in Portland, Ore.

• Chuck Onstad was selected as area director of the Agricultural Research Service's Southern Plains Area, based in College Station, Texas.

• Charlie Clements was checking rain gauges during a hot summer day in Nevada--when he probably saved two lives.