USDANEWS VOLUME 56 NO. 1 - JANUARY 1997

INSIDE THE "USDA NEWS"

1. A New Year + A New Reg = No Smoking at USDA
   

2. USDA Initiates New Purchase Cards and "Convenience Checks"
   Reduced from $77 to $32 to $17

3. Secretary Dan Glickman            **La Columna del Secretario en Español**
   
   
4. Administrative NUGGETS
   
   
5. Employees make these things...HAPPEN!
   
   
6. Letters
   
   
7. USDA-Sponsored Calendar Highlights
   
   
8. Editor's Roundup -- USDA people in the news

• Mike Dombeck was selected as the 14th chief of the Forest Service.

• Alberta Frost was selected as deputy administrator of the Office of Management with the Food Safety and Inspection Service.

• Ralph Otto was selected as the deputy administrator for natural resources and environment with the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service.

• John Hall was selected as director of the National Finance Center, within the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, based in New Orleans.

• No, it's not a grave robber's nest; it's an old bottle collection, compliments of Dick Fox.