USDANEWS                                                           VOLUME 58 NO. 9 — DECEMBER 1999

INSIDE THE "USDA NEWS"

1. USDA's 'COOP Plan' Is Another Form Of Emergency Planning
       Which Missions Simply Must Go On?
   
   
2. We're Collecting More Of Those Delinquent Debts
   
   
3. 1999's Winners Of Presidential Rank Awards At USDA
   
   
4. Secretary Dan Glickman
   
   
5. Administrative NUGGETS
   
   
6. Employees Make These Things... Happen!
   
   
7. Letter
   
   
8. USDA-Sponsored Calendar Highlights
   
   
9. Editor's Roundup -- USDA people in the news

• Ron Bosecker was selected as the administrator of the National Agricultural Statistics Service.
  
  
• Patricia Healy was selected as the deputy Chief Financial Officer.
  
  
• Ric Dunkle was selected as the deputy administrator for plant protection and quarantine in the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.