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|INSIDE THE "USDA NEWS" 
                         Some New Guidance On the
                                  Use Of Travel Charge Cards    And
                                  Coming Soon: A Late Fee 
                                We're Helping Spread The
                                  Word To Fill Out 'Census 2000' Forms    
                                  Didn't Complete? Don't Complain 
                                Secretary Dan
                                  Glickman 
                                Administrative NUGGETS 
                                Employees Make These Things...
                                  Happen! 
                                Letter 
                                USDA-Sponsored Calendar
                                  Highlights 
                                Editor's Roundup
                                  -- USDA people in the newsJ LeoJoe Leo
                                  was named as USDA's Chief Information Officer. 
                                J HuntJim Hunt was
                                  selected as Chief Administrative Law Judge with USDA's Office of Administrative
                                  Law Judges. 
                                D CaldwellDorothy Caldwell was appointed as deputy administrator
                                  for special nutrition programs in the Food and Nutrition Service. 
                                B PalsBart Pals won the
                                  contest and lived to tell about iteven about the weird stuff.
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