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IMTEC-92-72R 1 (1992-07-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaobackcf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: [411a,,' United Rtae General Accounting Offle Washington, D.C. 2048 Information Management and Technology Division B-249416 July 20, 1992 The Honorable Patrick J. Leahy Chairman, Committee on Agriculture, 147127 Nutrition, and Forestry United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: In response to your June 26, 1992, request, we reviewed the fiscal year 1993 information technology budgets of four U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) farm service agencies.' In your June 10 letter to the Secretary of Agriculture, you expressed concern that these agencies may spend money for computer technology that will not be needed if USDA is restructured. As arranged with your office, the objective of our review was to identify planned fiscal year 1993 information technology expenditures that should be postponed until the Secretary of Agriculture has reported to the Congress the Department's plan for restructuring USDA. The four agencies are presently revising their fiscal year 1993 budget documents. USDA officials expect the revised budget documents to be available by September 15, 1992. As a result, sufficient information is not available at this time to identify information technology expenditures that should be postponed. The following discusses USDA's budget revision process and the status of budget revisions. BACKGROUND USDA administers its farm programs and services through one of the largest and most decentralized organizational structures in the federal government. Operating this organizational structure is costly. In fiscal year 1991, the four farm service agencies spent about $10 billion, with over 32,000 employees administering programs in about 8,000 field offices. This does not include about 15,000 Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service field office employees who are not classified as federal employees, but are funded by the federal government. Both the Secretary of Agriculture and the Congress are considering actions to streamline USDA's structure. The Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service, Farmers Home Administration, Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, and Soil Conservation Service. GAO/IMTEC-92-72R, ADP: USDA Farm Service Agencies / ~t7L

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