USDANEWS                                                           VOLUME 58 NO.3 - MARCH-APRIL 1999

INSIDE THE "USDA NEWS"

1. Workplace Violence: It's Real--But We're Responding
      'Stand-downs,' And Use Of Satellites
   
   
2. A New Approach To Resolving Conflicts at The Department
   
   
3. Secretary Dan Glickman [Spanish version]
   
   
4. Administrative NUGGETS
   
   
5. Employees Make These Things... Happen!
   
   
6. Letters
   
   
7. USDA-Sponsored Calendar Highlights
   
   
8. Editor's Roundup -- USDA people in the news

• Donna Beecher was selected as director of the Office of Human Resources Management.
  
  
• Russ Ashworth was selected as the director of the Office of Procurement and Property Management.
  
  
• Thomas Weber was selected as the deputy chief for programs in the Natural Resources Conservation Service.
  
  
•   As Dennis Carroll and Janet Wintermute can confirm, you just never know where you'll find evidence of USDA programs.