USDANEWSVOLUME 57 NO. 8 - OCTOBER 1998

INSIDE THE "USDA NEWS"

1. USDA's Budget For FY 1999 Is Signed Into Law
   
   
2. We're Trying Out Some New Methods Of Disaster Assistance
     El Nino Is Gone--But Not Forgotten
   
   
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

• Frank Stenger-Castro was appointed as USDA's deputy general counsel.
  
  
• Craig Reed was selected as the administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
  
  
• Joan Arnoldi was selected as the associate administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
  
  
• Greg Seybold was selected as the assistant inspector general for investigations in the Office of Inspector General.
  
  
• Lyle Sebranek was selected as the deputy administrator for foreign agricultural affairs in the Foreign Agricultural Service.
  
  
• Joan Perry was selected as the regional conservationist for the Natural Resources Conservation Service's West Region, based in Sacramento, Calif.
  
  
• Pattsy Jackson was an Olympic-style success at the Olympic-style U.S. Transplant Games.