network of FS libraries and information centers which share resources to provide clients with the widest possible network of materials. The network maintains a computerized database of forestry and natural resources publications. This dataase will soon be available through a dial access system for subscribers. For further information on INFOSouth and how to use its services, call 404-546-2477, or write: INFOSouth, Science Library/Room 496, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602. ISDA-OI PUBLIC AFFAIRS SPECIALIST SPENDING THREE WEEKS IN CENTRAL AMERICA George Holcomb, a public affairs specialist in the Special Programs Division of USDA's Office of Informaion, is spending three weeks in Central America. He's heading a small team of communications counselors, eaching teachers of literacy who are members of the Miskito, Rama, and Sumo Indian tribes. Thousands of tribal members are in the vast eastern area of Honduras known as the Mosquitia. (He hasn't ound out if it's named after mosquitos or the Miskitos but suspects the former.) Holcomb will fly to Tegucigalpa, capital of Honduras, on a regular airline, then switch to helicopter for a wo-stage trip to the Atlantic coastal side of the country. From his tent in a pine forest, he'll be teaching in Spanish, but some of his material will be in the Miskito anguage. Holcomb's linguistics and counseling experience cinched the job, paid under an AID (Agency for Internaonal Development) contract, but the lead came from his having helped the Indians with agricultural informaon needs in recent months. "It's sort of like a private peace corps project," Holcomb said. "But what they need most are seeds, tools, vestock, and a place to farm." He hopes to take a number of photos during his trip for a slide presentation fterwards. CORNELL COOPERATIVE EXTENSION RELEASES 1989 UPDATE OF PESTICIDE "REDBOOK” The 1989 New York State Pesticide Recommendations ("Redbook") has been released for general distriution through Cornell Cooperative Extension. According to Carol Doolittle, of Cornell University's media services staff, the reference book which was ntroduced in 1954, has become widely known and used by Cooperative Extension agents, commercial farmers, ndustry representatives, and consultants. The book is introduced annually at the New York State Pest Management Conference. Information included covers disease and insect control for field, forage, and cereals; stored-grain insects, lorist and fruit crops, livestock and poultry, ornamentals and Christmas trees, turf, vegetables and potatoes, weed control for aquatic plants, pest control for home and public building insects, and control of vertebrate bests. Copies are available by mail from: Cornell University Distribution Center, 7 Research Park, Ithaca, NY 14850. The per-copy price of $22.00 includes shipping. NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES HAS OPENING FOR MAGAZINE EDITOR The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has an opening in the publications unit of its Office of Publications & Public Affairs for a GM-1001-13/14 supervisory publications specialist (assistant director for publications), Announcement No. 89-078. The assistant director is responsible for overseeing the NEH publications program and serves as editor of HUMANITIES magazine, conceptualizing, assigning articles, editing, writing and rewriting, overseeing the design, and supervising the overall production of the bi-monthly magazine. Other duties are planning all NEH publications, including the annual report, program information brochures, and office and divisional publications. Qualifications include 1 year of experience at the next lower level. For further information, contact: Susan M. Sienkiewich, NEH, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Room 417, Washington, DC 20506, or telephone 202-786-0415. Closing date is April 6. USDA FOREST SERVICE HAS A PUBLIC AFFAIRS SPECIALIST OPENING IN MILWAUKEE USDA's Forest Service has a GS-1035-12 public affairs specialist opening in the public affairs unit in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Duties include responsibility for planning, organizing, and directing regional information programs dealing with all aspects of forestry, directed toward mass media and the public. Also, duties include establishing effective, continuous liaison with press, broadcasters, and magazine editors. Qualifications include one year of specialized experience at the next lower grade or equivalent. For further information, contact: USDA, Forest Service, Region 9, ATTN: Personnel Management, 310 West Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53203. Telephone is 414-291-3693. Closing date for Announcement No. R9-019-89G is April 13. CHAIRMAN OF JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING ISSUES CRITERIA FOR ANNUAL REPORTS The chairman of the Congressional Joint Committee on Printing, Sen. Wendell H. Ford, recently sent a memorandum to USDA and other Federal agencies heads to keep their annual report free of costly, "purely decorative embellishments." Senator Ford emphasized that attractive and effective annual reports can be produced using single ink colors, offset book text stock, and vellum cover stock. A copy of Ford's memorandum, which contains the printing criteria for an acceptable annual report, was sent to each USDA agency information and printing officer. For further information, contact: Frank Samay, Deputy Chief, Publishing Division, Office of Information, Room 542-A, USDA, Washington, DC 20250, or call 202-382-9434. PUBLIC AFFAIRS SPECIALIST NEEDED IN USDA-OI'S RADIO & TELEVISION DIVISION The Radio & Television Division of USDA's Office of Information has an opening for a GS/GM-1035-12/13/14 public affairs specialist (Announcement No. OGPA-89-10A). Duties include participating in the centralized national radio broadcast services for USDA, and assisting in planning, developing, coordinating and communicating radio broadcast materials about the programs, policies and activities of USDA and its agencies. Requirements include one year of specialized experience in or directly related to the position which has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of this position. For further information, contact: Laura Farrior, USDA, Office of Personnel, Room 27-W, Washington, DC 20250. Telephone is 202-447-5833. Closing date for the "all sources" wide announcement is April 19. ACE-OI ANNUAL SPRING WORKSHOP TO BE HELD IN WASHINGTON, D.C., MAY 18-19 The annual Agricultural Communicators in Education-Office of Information (ACE-OI) Spring conference will be held May 18-19 at the Washington Plaza Hotel in Washington, D.C. This is the 12th year that USDA's Office of Information has co-sponsored the annual workshop with ACE, beginning when a need was seen for a specialized opportunity for training and professional improvement. Conference co-chairs are: Ed Poe, chief of Ol's Publishing Division; Geraldine Schumacher, USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service; and Linda Boling, USDA's Food & Nutrition Service. The 1-1/2 day workshop will bring together Federal communicators, new Bush administration officials, public relations practitioners, foreign embassy representatives, and training opportunities. Secretary of Agriculture Clayton Yeutter has been invited to be the luncheon speaker. Following the conference will be optional tours of the Soviet Embassy or the National Arboretum. For further information or registration forms, contact: Denver Browning, ACE-D.C. Region President, USDAOl, Room 536-A, Washington, DC 20250, or telephone 202-447-2058. Dialcom E-mail is AGR209. JSDA'S SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE NEEDS SUPERVISORY PUBLIC AFFAIRS SPECIALIST The Public Information Division of USDA's Soil Conservation Service has an opening for a GM-1035-13 supervisory public affairs specialist for its Media & Educational Services Branch (Announcement No. SCS-89-198). Duties include production of fact sheets, magazine articles, photo stories, and other materials for nationvide distribution to newspapers, wire services, magazines, and radio and television broadcast tations/networks. Other duties are development, production, and distribution of the national monthly periodical SOIL AND VATER CONSERVATION NEWS. Applicants must meet the basic eligibility requirements for the GS-1035 series. For further information, contact: Chief, Employment Branch, USDA, SCS, P.O. Box 2890, Room 6218-S, Vashington, DC 20013. Telephone is 202-447-2631. Closing date is April 28. ALENDAR OF UPCOMING COMMUNICATION EVENTS AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES pril 2-5: PUBLIC RELATIONS SOCIETY SPRING CONFERENCE ON MANAGING CHANGE Saddle Brook Resort, Wesley Chapel, Florida Contact: Keith Hughes, PRSA, 212-887-8667 pril 14-15: WESTERN REGION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FARM BROADCASTERS ANNUAL MEETING Sacramento, California Contact: Walt Shaw, KRAK, Sacramento, CA, 916-923-9200 pril 16-18: MIDWEST REGION AG COMMUNICATORS IN EDUCATION (ACE) ANNUAL WORKSHOP Contact: Bob Furbee, Ohio Ag Research Center, 216-263-3777 pril 17-20: NATIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS CONFERENCE Philadelphia Civic Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Contact: NCGA, 703-698-9600 or 1-800-225-NCGA pril 20-22: WOMEN IN COMMUNICATIONS 1989 REGIONAL PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCE Jumer's Chateau, Bloomington, Illinois Contact: WICI, P.O. Box 1105, Bloomington, IL 61702-1105 May 5-7: NORTHEAST REGION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FARM BROADCASTERS ANNUAL MEETING Ann Arbor, Michigan Contact: Bob Driscoll, WPZA, Milan, MI, 313-439-1522 May 7-12: AGRICULTURAL EDITORS PHOTO SCHOOL (American Ag Editors Assoc. & MO Univ.) Contact: Duane Dailey, Univ. of Missouri, 314-882-3296 May 9-11: 10th ANNUAL NATIONAL ONLINE MEETING Sheraton Centre Hotel, New York, New York Contact: Learned Information Inc., 609-654-6266 May 18-19: D.C. REGION AG COMMUNICATORS IN EDUCATION (ACE) ANNUAL WORKSHOP Contact: Denver Browning, 202-447-2058 May 20-24: EXTENSION TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE Contact: Pat Kovel-Jarboe, 612-624-3616 June 1-4: NORTHEAST REGION AG COMMUNICATORS IN EDUCATION (ACE) ANNUAL WORKSHOP Sonesta Hotel, Portland, Maine Contact: Doris Crowley, Univ. of Delaware, 302-451-1125 June 4-6: ANNUAL “AG IN THE CLASSROOM” CONFERENCE & WORKSHOPS USDA, Washington, DC Contact: Shirley Traxler, USDA, 202-447-5727 June 4-7: INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BUSINESS COMMUNICATORS ANNUAL CONFERENCE New Orleans, Louisiana Contact: George LaBar, 16 California St., #205, San Francisco, CA 94111 June 6-9: 37TH ANNUAL TECHNICAL WRITERS' INSTITUTE Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York Contact: Office of Continuing Education, RPI, 518-276-8351 June 29 - July 1: NORTH CENTRAL REGION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FARM BROADCASTERS MEETING Sioux City, Iowa Contact: Randy Rasmussen, KMNS, Sioux City, IA, 712-258-0628 I.S. Government Printing Office has New Diskette Copying Service Available ISDA's APHIS has an Opening Available for A Visual Information Specialist Videoteleconference to Commemorate Cooperative Extension System Anniversary. J.S. Government Printing Office Course Designed for Writers and Editors ISDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Needs Two Writer-Editors ISDA's APHIS has an Opening for A Supervisory Public Affairs Specialist. ISDA's Soil Conservation Service has an Opening for A Writer-Editor JSDA's Soil Conservation Service has Opening for A Public Affairs Specialist JSDA-OI's Video and Teleconference Division Produces Two New Videos J.S. GPO Stresses Importance of Being Notified of Subscription Item Changes Alabama Cooperative Extension Service is Seeking A Communications Specialist Univ. of California's Lawrence Livermore Laboratory Needs Science Writer.. JSDA's Extension Service Plans Commemorative Issue of "Extension Review" Univ. of Arizona Cooperative Extension Service Needs Print Media Specialist. Cornell Cooperative Extension Releases Second Edition on Home Fruit Planting University of Idaho College of Agriculture Seeks Communications Specialist. USDA's Cooperative State Research Service is Conducting "Lisa" Picture Search USDA's Economic Management Staff is Looking for A "Farmline" Editor Southern U.S. Trade Association's Updated Marketing Handbook is Available Exec. Dir., Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press to be Lunch Speaker Calendar of Upcoming Communication Events and Training Opportunities |