Release No. 0575.96
Media Advisory
                                    Laura Trivers  (202) 720-4623
                                           laura.trivers@usda.gov
                                    Eileen McMahon (202) 720-6903

GLICKMAN TO LAUNCH RURAL HOME LOAN SERVICING CENTER
Friday, October 25 in St. Louis

     WASHINGTON, Oct. 23, 1996--Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman will
launch Friday in St. Louis a state-of-the-art, centralized home loan
servicing center that will save taxpayers millions of dollars and create
hundreds of jobs in St. Louis.

     The Dedicated Loan Origination and Servicing System (DLOS) will
provide better service to the hundreds of thousands rural Americans who
depend on USDA for home loans.  Because the system will provide better
service to customers at a lower cost for taxpayers, Glickman will present an
award to employees on behalf of Vice President Gore, who has made
reinventing government one of his highest priorities.

     Glickman will be joined by Congressmen Richard Gephardt and Richard
Durbin, St. Louis Mayor Freeman Bosley, Jr., and USDA Under Secretary for
Rural Development Jill Long Thompson at the dedication on Friday, October 25
at the L. Douglas Abram federal building, 1520 Market Street, 4th Floor,
Room 4242, in downtown St. Louis at 1:30 p.m. CDT.

     A tour of the Center's computer facility will follow the program.

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