USDANEWS VOLUME 56 NO. 8 - SEPTEMBER 1997

INSIDE THE "USDA NEWS"

1. USDA Adopts Its Own Policy On Reprisals
             It's To Ensure Fairness And Consistency
   
   
2. Watch This Space: Your Employee Pub Is Being Computerized
             But Goodbye Green--At Least For Now
   
   
3. Secretary Dan Glickman            **La Columna del Secretario en Español**
   
   
4. Administrative NUGGETS
   
   
5. Employees make these things....HAPPEN!
   
   
6. USDA-Sponsored Calendar Highlights
   
   
7. Editor's Roundup -- USDA people in the news

• Anne Reed was named as USDA's first chief information officer.

• Ira Hobbs was selected as the deputy chief information officer for USDA.

• Priscilla Carey was selected as the director of the Office of Operations.

• Lee Bensey was selected as the director of the Office of Human Resources Management.

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

• Robert Whiting was selected as the deputy director of the Office of Human Resources Management.

• Charles Whitmore was selected as the regional conservationist for the Natural Resources Conservation Service's Midwest Region, based in Madison, Wis.

• So, Wes Morrow, what was it like to win a medal at the international fencing championship?