3.0.0 944 2023-01-11T19:45:36Z 2023-01-11T19:45:36Z Senate S S 2007-03-20 110 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-03-20T23:02:19Z 2007-03-20 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2007-03-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD R. N Agriculture and Food Computer software Congress Congressional reporting requirements Cost effectiveness Department of Agriculture Executive reorganization Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Government contractors Government procurement Governmental investigations Information technology Missouri Productivity in government Science, Technology, Communications Utah Agriculture and Food 00 2007-03-20 Introduced in Senate 2007-06-20T16:12:54Z Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to contract with an independent reviewing authority to review operations efficiency at all Farm Service Agency (FSA) headquarters, including: (1) all state offices; (2) the National Headquarters office in Washington, D.C.; (3) the Kansas City, Missouri, office; and (4) the Salt Lake City office.

Includes in such review: (1) management practices; (2) information technology purchases and deliverables; (3) software development; (4) contractor hiring practices and related cost-savings; and (5) other relevant factors.

Prohibits the Secretary from closing or consolidating any FSA county office before the date on which the Secretary determines that each headquarters office has implemented the recommendations included in a report required under this Act.

]]> A bill to require that an independent review of the efficiency and effectiveness of all headquarters offices of the Farm Service Agency of the Department of Agriculture be carried out prior to the closure of any county offices. Official Title as Introduced A bill to require that an independent review of the efficiency and effectiveness of all headquarters offices of the Farm Service Agency of the Department of Agriculture be carried out prior to the closure of any county offices. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title A bill to require that an independent review of the efficiency and effectiveness of all headquarters offices of the Farm Service Agency of the Department of Agriculture be carried out prior to the closure of any county offices. Introduced in Senate 2007-03-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s944is/xml/BILLS-110s944is.xml 2007-03-20 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.