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Reserve aS21 •A99 1994 Research, Education, and Economics Reorganization Plan November 9, 1994 — National Agricultural Library RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND ECONOMICS REORGANIZATION NOTEBOOK CONTENTS 1 Executive Summary 2 Introduction - General 3 Organization Charts/Mission Statements 4 Consolidated REE Operating Structure 5 Field Structure 6 Consolidated REE Streamlining Narrative 7 Implementation Plan 8 Minority Impact Statement 9 Appendix: A Current Organization Charts B Agency Streamlining Narratives and Numbers C 1010 Package - Agricultural Research Service (ARS) D 1010 Package - Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES) E 1010 Package - Economic Research Service (ERS) F 1010 Package - National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) G Field Office Review H Schedule of Delegations of Authority I Reserved - Incidental Transfer Agreements November 9, 1994 Executive Summary RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND ECONOMICS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Introduction This paper provides an executive overview of key elements of the Research, Education, and Economics (REE) reorganization as approved by the Office of the Secretary, USDA. The REE reorganization plan was developed through the collective and cooperative efforts of representatives of the eight former Agencies that now comprise the four Agencies of REE and reflects guidance and input from the U. S. Congress, the Office of Management and Budget, USDA Departmental Administration, various Federal and State partners and cooperators involved in agricultural research, education, and economics. Finally, the REE reorganization plan incorporates the reinvention principles embodied in the National Performance Review pertaining to employee empowerment, organizational delayering, and consolidation of administrative and financial management services across the REE mission area. Agencies and Missions The REE reorganization combines eight previously separate organizations and agencies into four agencies. The agencies and missions are: • The Agricultural Research Service fARS) whose mission is to: "Provide access to agricultural information and develop new knowledge and technology needed to solve technical agricultural problems of broad scope and high national priority to ensure adequate availability of high-quality, safe food and other agricultural products to meet the nutritional needs of the American consumer, to sustain a viable and competitive food and agricultural economy, to enhance quality of life and economic opportunity for rural citizens and society as a whole, and to maintain a quality environment and natural resource base." • The Cooperative State Research. Education, and Extension Service fCSREES) whose mission is to: "Work with partners and customers to advance research, extension, and higher education in the food and agricultural sciences and related environmental and human sciences to benefit people, communities, and the Nation." 1-1 November 9, 1994 Tne Economic Research Service fERS’t whose mission is to: "Provide economic and other social science information and analysis for public and private sector decisions on agriculture, food, natural resources, and rural America. Tne National Agricultural Statistics Service fNASS) whose mission is to: "Serve the United States, its agriculture, and its rural communities by providing meaningful, accurate, and objective statistical information and services." Operating Structure Research, Education, and Economics will establish a Board of Directors to review key management policies, issues and problems facing the Under Secretary. The Board will meet semiannually or as called by the Under Secretary. The Agricultural Research Service looks to the Administrator’s Council for operating policy development and implementation guidance. The Administer’s Council includes members of the immediate office of the Administrator, the Deputy Administrator National Program Staff, five Associate Deputy Administrators, the Deputy Administrator Administrative and Financial Management, eight Area Directors and the Director of the National Agricultural Library. The Council meets quarterly. The National Program Staff, composed of National Program Leaders who are subject matter specialists, is responsible for national program planning and coordination. NPS provides processes for strategic planing, allocates resources to in-house programs and projects, including base funding reallocation/reprogramming; participates in matrix teams around national initiatives and issues (e.g., water quality, global change, biotechnology, food safety, EPM, pesticides); and approves CRIS project and program plans. Eight Area Directors, the Director of the National Agricultural Library, Center Directors, and Research Leaders provide the line management arm of ARS responsible for program implementation and delivery, program excellence, and CRIS accountability for expenditure of resources. The Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service represents the full integration of the two former agencies (Extension Service and Cooperative State Research Service) and units of higher education, research and extension. The programs of CSREES are delivered through interactive units, one representing Science and Programs and the other System and Policy. The Science and Program units (Plant and Animal Production Protection and Processing; Natural Resources and Environment; Rural, Economic, and Social 1-2 November 9, 1994