USDANEWS                                                           VOLUME 58 NO. 8 — October-November 1999

INSIDE THE "USDA NEWS"

1. USDA's Budget For FY 2000 Is Signed Into Law
   
   
2. Here Is The Latest Progress Report On Our Readiness For Y2K
       Next Stop: The New Millennium
   
   
3. Secretary Dan Glickman
   
   
4. Administrative NUGGETS
   
   
5. Employees Make These Things... Happen!
   
   
6. Letter
   
   
7. USDA-Sponsored Calendar Highlights
   
   
8. Editor's Roundup -- USDA people in the news

• Andrew Fish was sworn in as the assistant secretary for congressional relations.
  
  
• Sedelta Verble was appointed director of the Office of Communications.
  
  
• Andrew Solomon was named USDA's press secretary and director of public affairs in the Office of Communications.
  
  
• John Zirschky was appointed as the associate administrator of the Risk Management Agency.
  
  
• Jim Furnish was selected as the deputy chief of the national forest system in the Forest Service.
  
  
• Albert Baker unearthed a mystery that is still causing speculation.