NAA News Flashes
Welcome
New Area Engineer, Michael J. (Mike) Lynch.
ARS Information Technology Specialist Conference
The Las Cruces, New Mexico, location was kind enough to host the ARS IT Specialist Conference this FY. The conference ran from May 20, 2008, to May 22, 2008. The North Atlantic Area IT Office was represented by Wayne Loeffler, IT Specialist. Other IT Specialists from the North Atlantic Area locations who attended were Tony Langone, Kearneysville, WV, Tim Ashton, Leetown, WV, and Bob Nearpass, Geneva, NY.
Articles of Interest Around the Area
With Inflammation, It's Better to Have a Cool Head
Carriers of "Plaque" Gene at Greater Risk
USDA Web Portal Offers Big Food Safety Benefits for Small Food Processors
Climate Change and Groundwater Recharge
Keeping Apples Crunchy and Flavorful After Storage
Ready-to-Eat Meats and Poultry: Food Safety Simplified
Antioxidants, Over Time, Support Aging Minds
Testing Poultry Litter for No-Till Farming
Can Fish Intake Predict Chances of Developing Dementia?
Scientists Leverage New Tool to Diagnose Plant Diseases
Nonthermal Food Processing Is Heating Up
New Methods for Detecting Listeria
Unraveling the Listeria Genome
TIGER Technique Targets Plant Pathogens
Training
Web Content Management System
The new orientation video for the new ARS Site Publisher is available now. Please click here to view it. There is also a follow-up presentation available at this link.
ARS Site Publisher training videos are available now. To access them and the Site Publisher documentation, please use the following links.
SP Tutorial #1
SP Tutorial #2
SP Manual
SP FAQs
Don't forget the weekly teleconference. Check back in Site Publisher regularly to find updates and added information.
New Initiatives
The North Atlantic Area will be Implementing Area-wide Security Scans, as mandated by USDA.
The North Atlantic Area (NAA) is preparing to implement the Department requirement to run security scans against all Area PCs. The ARS OCIO Cybersecurity Branch has been assisting us in this project.
Web Site Analysis Tool
ARS OCIO Web Branch has recently added a web site analysis tool to Site Publisher.
Notices
Reminder: Although the other Areas in ARS are well along with or finishing their move to the new consolidated e-mail system, you still need to check your personal contacts periodically, if they are within ARS, and reselect them from the Global Address Book to assure that your e-mails to them go through.
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