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PAD-80-33 1 (1979-11-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabada0001 and id is 1 raw text is: .....[('' 'Ai C C..- rnt'll1 I V,' CZL '141 I AL O r T, 7,/ rfHonorable Thomas F. Eagleton Chairman, Subcommittee on Agricul'ture, Rural Development and Related Agencies Committee on Appropriations .UI United States Senate i - 417E , -,V 26'9 ll I I I 324 III 111324 Dear Mr. Chairman: I am responding to several items concerning the work of the General Accounting Office that were discussed in the Committee's report on the f-isca-Iyear 1980 Agriculture, Rural Development and Related Agencies Appropriation Eill) First of all, I want to exe'ress our appreciation for the Committee's kind remarks about our assistance in developing a mission_ budet structure for the Department of Agricul- ture and our report on Long-Term Cost Implication of Farmers Iome Administration Subsidized and Guaranteed, .Loan Program (PAD-79--15, April 24, 1979). We also appre- Ciate the opportunity we have had the past 2 years to inform your Subcommittee about the full range of GAO activ- ities at the Department of Agriculture in testimony during appropriations hearings. We enjoy a close working relation- ship with your Subcommittee. The Committee report also commented favorably on the inventory we completed in March 1979 of Federal food, agriculture, and nutrition programs (FANI). Compiled at the request of your. Subcommittee, this inventory lists 359 * programs in 28 agencies. It has many potential uses as an analytical tool and a provider of information on what FediAu-l rograms pertain to the food and aoriculture sector. As you may know,te Depar eii 1gree toEmi t-h'e.... .inventory and update it for at least the next appropriations cycle, as was recommended in the Committee report. The Committee also requested that we examine the 4 feasibility of developing a Fedoral program inventory tha t would catalog all Federal prrams. we believe this sug9es- -fib .on..onsider-abemeritb ut it is important to Ccescrilbe here some of the inherent difficulties in developing a pro- gram inventory. .( I 00DO1 PAD-00-33 3 (9728?0)

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