There were 16 notices published by the Agriculture Department in week ending Oct. 10, according to the Federal Register.

The most recent notice, Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request-Food Program and Reporting System (FPRS), was submitted on Oct. 8, 2021.

The Agriculture Department published 15 the week before, marking a 6.7 percent increase.

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 in week ending Oct. 10

Title	Publication Date
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request-Food Program and Reporting System (FPRS)	10/08/2021
Notice of Intent To Request Renewal of a Currently Approved Information Collection	10/08/2021
Eligibility of the Republic of Poland To Export Poultry and Poultry Products to the United States	10/07/2021
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request	10/07/2021
Privacy Act of 1974; Proposed New System of Records	10/07/2021
Notice of Proposed New Fee Site	10/06/2021
Notice of Request for Revision to and Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Citrus Canker, Citrus Greening, and Asian Citrus Psyllid; Quarantine and Interstate Movement Regulations	10/06/2021
Notice of Proposed New Fee Sites	10/06/2021
Badger State Solar, LLC: Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and Hold a Virtual Public Scoping Meeting on October 26, 2021	10/05/2021
Notice of Proposed New Fee Site	10/05/2021
Intent To Establish Secure Rural Schools Resource Advisory Committees	10/05/2021
Notice of Proposed New Fee Sites	10/05/2021
Notice of Proposed New Fee Sites	10/05/2021
Next Era Energy LLC, Notice of Availability of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Notice of Public Meeting	10/04/2021
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request	10/04/2021
Meeting of the Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee	10/04/2021