USDANEWS VOLUME 56 NO. 2 - FEBRUARY 1997

INSIDE THE "USDA NEWS"

1. USDA's FY98 Budget Calls for a Gain of $4.6 Billion; Cut of 1,790 Fed Staff Years
   

2. When We Leave USDA, Our Federal Records Don't Go With Us
   They Add to the "Institutional Memory"

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

• Jim Parker was selected as the deputy administrator for commodity and marketing programs with the Foreign Agricultural Service.

• George Cooper was selected as deputy administrator for partnerships with the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service.

• Sally Rockey was selected as the deputy administrator for competitive research grants and awards management with the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service.

• Roger Breeze was selected as area director of the Agricultural Research Service's South Atlantic Area, based in Athens, Ga.

• Jan van Schilfgaarde was selected as area director of the Agricultural Research Service's Pacific West Area, based in Albany, Calif.

• Look out David Letterman, here's some competition from Brad Fisher.