USDANEWS VOLUME 57 NO.4 -MAY 1998

INSIDE THE "USDA NEWS"

1. Here Is Our Progress On The Year 2000 Computer Problem
   

2. New Linkage Can Help You In Your Job Search, Online
             And Up Next: 'Electronic Resumes'
   
   
3. Secretary Dan Glickman [Spanish version]
   
   
4. Administrative Nuggets
   
   
5. Employees make these things....HAPPEN!
   
   
6. USDA-Sponsored Calendar Highlights
   
   
7. Editor's Roundup -- USDA people in the news

• Deborah Matz was appointed as deputy assistant secretary for administration.

• Tom O'Brien was named as associate administrator of the Agricultural Marketing Service.

• Dave Skeen was selected as the deputy director of the Office of Operations.

• Al Elder was selected as deputy administrator for plant protection and quarantine with the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.

• Jack Blackwell was selected as the regional forester for the Forest Service's Intermountain Region, based in Ogden, Utah.

• Antoinette Betschart was selected as director of the Agricultural Research Service's Pacific West Area, based in Albany, Calif.

• Donna Maeder described it as a "hands-on" way to reach your "inner child."