Agriculture Department publishes notice on May 21

The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on May 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The notice is focused on Notice of Request for Reinstatement of an Expired Information Collection.

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 May 21

Title
Policy on Audits of RUS Borrowers; Management Letter
Policy on Audits of RUS Borrowers; Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS)
Protection of Sunflowers from Red-Winged Blackbirds in North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota
Duck Creek-Swains Access Management Project, Dixie National Forest, Iron, Garfield, and Kane Counties, UT
Notice of Request for Reinstatement of an Expired Information Collection
Notice of Request for Reinstatement of an Expired Information Collection
Policy on Audits of RUS Borrowers; Management Letter
Policy on Audits of RUS Borrowers; Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS)