USDANEWSVOLUME 57
NO. 8 - OCTOBER 1998

INSIDE THE "USDA NEWS"
- USDA's Budget For FY 1999 Is Signed Into Law
- We're Trying Out Some New Methods Of Disaster
Assistance
El Nino Is Gone--But Not Forgotten
- Secretary Dan Glickman
[Spanish version]
- Administrative NUGGETS
- Employees Make These Things... Happen
- USDA-Sponsored Calendar Highlights
- 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.