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117652 1 (1982-02-17)

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            UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
                    WASHINGTON, D.C.  20548

                                     FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
                                     EXPECTED AT  2:00 P.M. EST
                                     WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1982

                         STATEMENT OF
       BRIAN P. CROWLEY, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR SENIOR LEVEL
          COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION

                          BEFORE THE
            SUBCOMMITTEE ON DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS,
               RESEARCH, AND FOREIGN AGRICULTURE
               HOUSE  COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE

                              AT                             117652
                      OVERSIGHT HEARINGS

                              ON
               THE COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE

MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE:

     WE ARE HERE TODAY TO DISCUSS THE WORK WE HAVE DONE IN RE-

VIEWING THE ACTIVITIES OF THE COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE.

MY TESTIMONY IS PRIMARILY BASED ON OUR REPORT, COOPERATIVE

EXTENSION SERVICE'S MISSION AND FEDERAL ROLE NEED CONGRESSIONAL

CLARIFICATION DATED AUGUST 21, 1981 (CED-81-119).  THE REPORT

DEALS WITH THE EXTENSION SERVICE'S MISSION, THE DEPARTMENT OF

AGRICULTURE'S ROLE IN ADMINISTERING THE EXTENSION PROGRAM, AND

THE EXTENSION SERVICE'S METHODS OF EVALUATING AND ACCOUNTING FOR

ITS ACTIVITIES.

THE COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE'S MISSION

     OUR REPORT POINTED OUT THAT THE COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE

--WHICH IS MADE UP OF THE FEDERAL EXTENSION SERVICE IN THE DEPART-

MENT OF AGRICULTURE, THE STATE EXTENSION SERVICES LOCATED WITHIN

THE LAND-GRANT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, AND LOCAL OFFICES IN

VIRTUALLY EVERY COUNTY--ORIGINALLY FOCUSED ON AGRICULTURE AND HOME

ECONOMICS SUBJECTS IN PRIMARILY RURAL AREAS, BUT THAT THE RANGE

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