INSIDE THE "USDA NEWS"

1. How We're Getting The Word Out On Keeping 'FMD' Away From Our Shores
        What Would YOU Say, If Asked?
   
   
2. OIG's Talks Give Us A 'Heads-Up' On Ways To Maintain Workforce Integrity
   Those Phone Numbers Can Help
   
   
3. Administrative NUGGETS
   
   
4. Employees Make These Things... Happen!
   
   
5. Letters
   
   
6. USDA-Sponsored Calendar Highlights
   
   
7. Editor's Roundup -- USDA people in the news

• Rick Swenson was selected as the regional conservationist for the National Resources Conservation Service's East Region, based in Beltsville, Md.
  
  
• Ed King was selected as the director of the Agricultural Research Service's five-state Mid South Area, headquartered in Stoneville, Miss.
  
  
• Patty Fulton and John Dunn never expected an 'encounter with nature' like this.
  
  
• Here's why Kelly Harmon spent January 20 playing her saxophone.