Notice published on April 4 by Agriculture Department

The US Agriculture Department published a three page notice on April 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The notice is focused on Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service; Request for Proposals: Initiative for Future Agriculture and Food Systems, FY 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 April 4

Title
Blueberry Promotion, Research, and Information Order; Reopening and Extension of Voting Period
Grade Standards and Classification for American Pima Cotton
Notice of Intent To Seek Approval to Conduct an Information Collection
Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project, Northern, Intermountain, and Pacific Northwest Regions and States of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana
Codex Alimentarius Commission: Twenty-eighth Session of the Codex Committee on Food Labelling
National Drought Policy Commission
Child Nutrition Programs-Income Eligibility Guidelines
Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service; Request for Proposals: Initiative for Future Agriculture and Food Systems, FY 2000