Highlights for February 26, 1999
USGS Center for Biological Informatics

I. Key Department News:

• Team Plans Dial-up Computer Access for all USGS Employees. On March 2, Peter Strong of the USGS Center for Biological Informatics will represent the Biological Resources Division at a meeting of the Remote Access Team in Reston. The team is developing a plan to provide dial-up access to USGS computer resources for all USGS employees. (Peter Strong, Denver, 303-202-4246)
  
• Aquatic Restoration and Conservation Web Sites Established. On February 23, Peter Strong of the USGS Center for Biological Informatics assisted the USGS Columbia Environmental Research Center by establishing a new Internet domain to be used by the Aquatic Restoration and Conservation Partnership for Marine, Estuarine, and Freshwater Living Resources. This partnership is being formed to conserve and restore the ecological and economic integrity of our Nation's marine, estuarine, and freshwater living resources by creating a common information base and providing options for decision makers. The new domain is called <arcpartners.org>. (Peter Strong, Denver, 303-202-4246)
  

II. Agency Works on Presidential Initiatives:

• Invasive Species Web Sites Established. On February 23, Peter Strong of the USGS Center for Biological Informatics (CBI) assisted the USGS Pacific Islands Ecosystem Research Center by establishing two new Internet domains to be used by the IUCN (World Conservation Union)'s Invasive Species Specialist Group. The new domains are called <issg.org> and <invasives.org>. They will be housed on virtual servers at CBI. (Peter Strong, Denver, 303-202-4246)
  

III. Notable Congressional Activity: No report.

IV. Press/Media Inquiries: No report.

V. FOIA Requests: No report.