Agriculture Department publishes notice on Dec. 17

The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Dec. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The notice is focused on Municipal Interest Rates for the First Quarter of 2000.

The Department is primarily focused on food nutrition, with assistance programs making up 80 percent of its budget. Downsizing the Federal Government, a project aimed at lowering taxes and boosting federal efficiency, said the Department implements too many regulations and restrictions and impedes the economy.

Notices are required documents detailing rules and regulations being proposed by each federal department. This allows the public to see what issues legislators and federal departments are focusing on.

Any person or organization can comment on the proposed rules. Departments and agencies must then address “significant issues raised in comments and discuss any changes made,” the Federal Register says.

Notices published by the Agriculture Department on Dec. 17

Title
Scrapie Pilot Projects
Notice of Proposed Change to Section IV of the Field Office Technical Guide (FOTG) of the Natural Resources Conservation Service in Alabama
Higher Education Challenge Grants Program for Fiscal Year 2000; Request for Proposals and Request for Input
Municipal Interest Rates for the First Quarter of 2000
Equivalence Evaluation Process for Foreign Meat and Poultry Food Regulatory Systems; Response to Comments
Notice of Request for Extension and Revision of a Currently Approved Information Collection
Guidelines for AMS Oversight of Commodity Research and Promotion Programs
Milk in the New England and Other Marketing Areas; Order Amending the Orders