USDANEWS VOLUME 57 NO. 7 - SEPTEMBER 1998

INSIDE THE "USDA NEWS"

1. Some New Tools We're Using To Help Collect Delinquent Debts
     From Loan Borrowers to Arsonists
   
   
2. How We Responded In The Aftermath Of The Embassy Bombings
    
3. Secretary Dan Glickman [Spanish version]
   
   
4. Employees Make These Things... Happen
   
   
5. 1997's Winners Of Presidential Rank Awards At USDA
   
   
6. USDA-Sponsored Calendar Highlights
   
   
7. Editor's Roundup -- USDA people in the news

• Charlie Rawls was sworn in as USDA's general counsel.
  
  
• Anne Kennedy was named as deputy under secretary for natural resources and environment.
  
  
• Eleanor "Ellie" Towns was selected as the regional forester for the Forest Service's Southwestern Region, based in Albuquerque, N.M.
  
  
• Ron Abramovich's book could have been about hydrology--and pizzas.