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Commodity Programs: Freedom-to-Farm Approach Will Reduce USDA's Personnel Costs

RCED-96-116 Published: May 22, 1996. Publicly Released: May 22, 1996.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO examined the personnel reductions that the Department of Agriculture (USDA) could have achieved if Congress had implemented the freedom-to-farm provisions of H.R. 2195 and the proposed Balanced Budget Act.

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Agriculture and Food
Agricultural policiesAgricultural programsBudget cutsCommodity marketingCost controlEmployee buyoutsFarm subsidiesPersonnel managementProposed legislationReductions in force