[United States Government Manual]
[May 31, 1996]
[Pages 109-112]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Fourteenth Street and Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250
Phone, 202-720-2791
SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE                         Dan Glickman
  Deputy Secretary                               Richard Rominger
  Under Secretary for Farm and                   Gene Moos
      Foreign Agricultural Services
    Deputy Under Secretaries                     Dallas Smith
                                                 James Schroeder
    Administrator, Farm Service                  Grant Buntrock
        Agency
    Administrator, Foreign                       Gus Schumacher
        Agricultural Service
  Under Secretary for Food,                      Ellen Haas
      Nutrition, and Consumer 
      Services
    Deputy Under Secretary                       Mary Ann Keefee
    Administrator, Food and                      Bill Ludwig
        Consumer Service
  Under Secretary for Food Safety                Mike Taylor, Acting
    Administrator, Food Safety and               Mike Taylor
        Inspection Service
  Under Secretary for Natural                    James Lyons
      Resources and Environment
    Deputy Under Secretary for                   Brian E. Burke
        Forestry
    Deputy Under Secretary for                   Tom Hebert
        Conservation
    Chief, Forest Service                        Jack Ward Thomas
    Chief, Natural Resources                     Paul W. Johnson
        Conservation Service
  Under Secretary for Research,                  Karl Stauber
      Education, and Economics
    Deputy Under Secretary                       Catherine Woteki
    Administrator, Agricultural                  Floyd Horn
        Research Service
    Administrator, Cooperative                   Bobby H. Robinson
        State Research, Education, 
        and Extension Service
    Administrator, Economic                      John Dunmore, Acting
        Research Service
    Administrator, National                      Donald Bay
        Agricultural Statistics 
        Service
  Under Secretary for Rural                      Jill Long-Thompson
      Development
    Deputy Under Secretaries                     Arthur C. Campbell
                                                 Inga Smulkstys
    Administrator, Rural Business-               Dayton Watkins
        Cooperative Service
    Administrator, Rural Housing                 Maureen Kennedy
      Service
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    Administrator, Rural Utilities               Wally Beyer
        Service
  Assistant Secretary for                        Dave Carlin
      Congressional Relations
  Assistant Secretary for Marketing              Michael Dunn
      and Regulatory Programs
    Deputy Assistant Secretary                   Shirley Watkins
    Administrator, Agricultural                  Lon Hatamiya
        Marketing Service
    Administrator, Animal and Plant              Lonnie King
        Health Inspection Service
    Administrator, Grain                         James R. Baker
        Inspection, Packers, and 
        Stockyards Administration
  Assistant Secretary for                        Wardell Townsend, Jr.
      Administration
    Deputy Assistant Secretary                   Anne Thomson Reed
    Chairman, Board of Contract                  Edward Houry
        Appeals
    Judicial Officer                             William G. Jenson
    Chief Judge, Administrative Law              Victor Palmer
        Judges
    Director, Office of Operations               Ira L. Hobbs
    Director, Civil Rights                       George Robertson, 
                                                     Acting
    Director, Information Resources              Hollace Twining, Acting
        Management
    Director, Human Resources                    Evelyn White
    Director, Procurement and                    W.R. Ashworth
        Property Management
  Chief Financial Officer                        Irwin T. David, Acting
    Deputy Chief Financial Officer               Irwin T. David
  General Counsel                                James Gilliland
    Deputy General Counsel                       Bonnie Luken
  Inspector General                              Roger Viadero
    Deputy Inspector General                     Joyce Feischman
  Director, Office of                            Ali Webb
      Communications
  Chief Economist                                Keith Collins
  Director, Office of Budget and                 Stephen B. Dewhurst
      Program Analysis
  Director, National Appeals                     Norman Cooper
      Division
  Director, Office of Small and                  Sharron Harris
      Disadvantaged Business 
      Utilization

[For the Department of Agriculture statement of organization, see the 
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 7, Part 2]

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The Department of Agriculture works to improve and maintain farm income 
and to develop and expand markets abroad for agricultural products. The 
Department helps to curb and to cure poverty, hunger, and malnutrition. 
It works to enhance the environment and to maintain production capacity 
by helping landowners protect the soil, water, forests, and other 
natural resources. Rural development, credit, and conservation programs 
are key resources for carrying out national growth policies. Department 
research findings directly or indirectly benefit all Americans. The 
Department, through inspection and grading services, safeguards and 
ensures standards of quality in the daily food supply.

The Department of Agriculture (USDA) was created by act of May 15, 1862 
(7 U.S.C. 2201), and was administered by a Commissioner of Agriculture 
until 1889 (5 U.S.C. 511, 514, 516). By act of February 9, 1889 (7 
U.S.C. 2202, 2208, 2212), the powers and duties of the Department were 
enlarged. The

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Department was made the eighth executive department in the Federal 
Government, and the Commissioner became the Secretary of Agriculture. 
The Department was reorganized under the Federal Crop Insurance Reform 
and Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6901 
note).
    In carrying out its work in the program mission areas, USDA relies 
on the support of departmental administration staff, as well as the 
Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Office of Communications, Office 
of Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations, Office of Inspector 
General, and the Office of the General Counsel.