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CED-82-46 1 (1982-02-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabcxl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED 1TATtS GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE I I 1*~ WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION B-206415 FEBRUARY 26, 1982 The Honorable Thad Cochran United States Senate 117589 Dear Senator Cochran: Subject: Better Ways To Provide for Use of Agricultural Information (CED-82-46) In your May 11, 1981, letter you expressed a desire to gain a better understanding of information sources, both Government-wide and private, dealing with agriculture; how access to these sources is provided; the potential users of these sources and how they can use the data available; and how best to give policymakers timely access to the information. As subsequently arranged with your office, we agreed to provide information on --the magnitude of data sources available in one specific agricultural area--water for irrigation, --the types and characteristics of services that provide information, --the types and characteristics of users having a need for information on agriculture, and --ways to arrange or structure various data sources to pro- vide users with timely access to available and useful information. We interviewed cognizant individuals and Government officials concerned with agricultural information and computer application issues and obtained information on data sources, information services, and data users. To identify references to information and actual data on the topic of water for irrigation, we reviewed the collections of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) National Agricultural Library in Beltsville, Maryland, and the USDA and GAO libraries in Washington, D.C. We used four USDA data bases--Agricultural On-Line Access System (AGRICOLA); Current Re- search Information System (CRIS); Food, Agriculture, and Nutrition Inventory (FANI); and National Accomplishment Reporting System (NARS)--to identify written materials, research projects, Government programs, and research accomplishments concerned with water for irrigation. We interviewed over 20 experts in information systems (097600)

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