United States Department of Agriculture eGovernment Program

######### 

######### Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS)

######### eGovernment Tactical Plan

March 19, 2003

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Introduction

The Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) has programs and services in
varying degrees of internet readiness from the traditional paper-based
to fully integrated and transaction-based internet applications. The
challenge is to bring our major business processes into a web-enabled
environment to improve customer service and to increase organizational
effectiveness. FAS' FY 2003 eGovernment top priority is to implement the
requirements of the Government Paperwork Elimination Act.

FAS' eGovernment and its broader Information Technology vision is in
alignment with USDA's eGovernment vision:

> **USDA eGovernment Vision**
>
> *"USDA, electronically available any place, any time."*
>
> **FAS eGovernment/IT Vision**
>
> *"FAS will provide interactive and secure electronic access and
> services allowing customers and employees located around the globe to
> get information and conduct program related transactions remotely
> anywhere and anytime. Data and information are available for planning
> and decision-making and can be searched and shared easily"*

To achieve this vision, FAS will continue to implement USDA's eGoverment
Mission:

> **USDA eGovernment Mission**
>
> *"Transform and enhance the delivery of USDA's programs, services and
> information.\"*

The next evolutionary phase of eGovernment in FAS is to move toward
integrating our programs, services and information in a way that is easy
for the customer to find and use. In FY 2003 and beyond, FAS will
continue to plan for and participate in various USDA "Strategic" and
"Enabler" projects. FAS will primarily focus on the "eDeployment"
projects like content management and web presence but eAuthentication
tools are needed as well. Like many agencies, FAS is drowning in data
and information. With this recognition, FAS adopted a Knowledge
Management plan in June 2001. FAS considers an effective Knowledge
Management program as a necessary component for effective implementation
of e-Government initiatives.

FAS has been on the forefront of using technology to improve its
operational effectiveness and efficiency as a means of addressing
increased workloads with decreased resources. The following examples
show both a commitment to the OMB principles of "Unify and Simplify" and
to providing timely and accurate information to our customers in ways
that help them succeed.

> **Unified Export Strategy -- An Example of Integration -** Early in FY
> 1998, FAS began the process of reengineering how it managed the
> various market development programs under its authority. FAS worked
> with its strategic partners to change the focus toward one of results
> instead of just focusing on activities. FAS then streamlined the
> application, progress/status reporting, reimbursement, and evaluation
> processes for six international market development programs, which
> allow the participants to interact with FAS via the internet.
>
> **FAS U.S. Trade System -** This Web-based system provides 24/7
> worldwide public access to official U.S. trade data for agricultural,
> fishery, and forestry products. The system services frequent requests
> from Congress, various government agencies, private companies and the
> public by providing timely, accurate, agricultural trade data. This
> system is formatted to enable agricultural economists, marketing
> experts and trade policy analysts instant on-line snap-shot views of
> historical agricultural data. Nearing completion of its second year as
> a public eGovernment website, the system now generates over 200,000
> reports annually. The FAS U. S. Trade system is critical to the
> Department's monthly release of official agricultural trade
> statistics.
>
> **FAS U.N. Trade System -** This web-enabled system provides immediate
> Intranet access to FAS Washington, Overseas Posts, other U.S.
> government agencies and to our strategic partners in the Foreign
> Market Development program. Whereas U.S. Trade data consists of data
> only between the United States and each of its trading partners, U.N.
> Trade data comprises trade statistics of value, volume, and market
> shares, on some 160 reporting countries with 232 partner countries.
> While the FAS U.S. Trade database consists of monthly data, the joint
> FAS and ERS U.N. Trade database provides only annual data.
>
> **PS&D Online System -** The Production, Supply and Distribution
> (PS&D) online database is a repository of current and historical
> official USDA data on production, supply and distribution of
> agricultural commodities for the United States and key producing and
> consuming countries. Users may select from a menu of pre-defined
> tables categorized by commodity or commodity group or create custom
> queries for specific commodities, attributes and/or countries. The
> system enables you to view queried data on screen or download it as a
> file that you can open with your spreadsheet or database program.

FAS is steadily moving into the Government-wide, Presidential initiative
world of eGovernment as well. It is partnering with the Department of
Commerce on enhancing [www.Export.gov](http://www.Export.gov/) portal
that helps U.S. exporters find services from all parts of the U.S.
Government in one place. Additionally, FAS is providing leadership on
USDA's Online Trade Assistance (OTA) initiative and is working through
USDA to participate in the eGrants initiative.

In summary, FAS is actively engaged in eGovernment initiatives and is
committed to helping USDA achieve its collective eGovernment Goals:

1.  Improve citizens' knowledge of and access to USDA to enhance service
    delivery.

2.  Enhance collaboration with public and private sector organizations
    to develop and deliver USDA's mission.

3.  Improve internal efficiency by promoting enterprise-wide solutions.

> **TABLE OF CONTENTS:**

[[I.]{.smallcaps} [FAS Overview]{.smallcaps} 5](#fas-overview)

[A. Mission/Vision 5](#a.-missionvision)

[B. Major Stakeholder Groups
5](#major-stakeholder-groups-most-of-fas-programs-services-and-activities-support-citizens-as-defined-by-ombs-federal-enterprise-architectures-business-reference-model-brm.-the-major-business-processes-under-the-citizen-category-of-the-brm-relate-to-trade-importexport-and-diplomacy-foreign-relations.-however-to-align-with-usdas-egovernment-strategic-plan-see-section-ii-below-the-following-description-is-provided.)

[C. Core Functions and Major Programs
7](#c.-core-functions-and-major-programs)

[D. Key Challenges 7](#d.-key-challenges)

[[II.]{.smallcaps} [USDA eGovernment Mission, Vision, Strategic Goals
and Objectives]{.smallcaps}
9](#usda-egovernment-mission-vision-strategic-goals-and-objectives)

[A. USDA eGovernment Mission and Vision
9](#a.-usda-egovernment-mission-and-vision)

[B. eGovernment Goals & Objectives 9](#b.-egovernment-goals-objectives)

[[III.]{.smallcaps} [Current Agency eGovernment Efforts]{.smallcaps}
10](#current-agency-egovernment-efforts)

[[IV.]{.smallcaps} [Proposed Agency eGovernment
Opportunities]{.smallcaps}
11](#proposed-agency-egovernment-opportunities)

[[V.]{.smallcaps} [Funding Summary for eGovernment]{.smallcaps}
12](#funding-summary-for-egovernment)

[[Appendix A: Agency eGovernment Steering Committee Members]{.smallcaps}
14](#appendix-a-fas-egovernment-steering-committee-members)

# [FAS Overview]{.smallcaps}

## A. Mission/Vision

> FAS serves U.S. agriculture's international interests by expanding
> export opportunities for U.S. agricultural, fish, and forest products
> industries and promoting world food security.

## Major Stakeholder Groups -- Most of FAS' programs, services and activities support citizens as defined by OMB's Federal Enterprise Architecture's Business Reference Model (BRM). The major business processes under the Citizen category of the BRM relate to Trade (import/export) and Diplomacy & Foreign Relations. However, to align with USDA's eGovernment Strategic Plan (see section II below), the following description is provided.

##  

> ***1. Citizens***
>
> FAS interprets citizens to be individuals and for profit companies.
> Individuals can be found in almost any international trade related
> field. Individuals transact with FAS to gather information or to
> participate in its programs. FASOnline is our eGovernment website that
> provides access to a variety of information, export trade assistance,
> export credit guarantees, and related sugar and dairy import licenses.
> The following are examples of the services FAS provides to citizens:

-   FAS' provides a broad array of services to U.S. agricultural
    producers, exporters, processors in support of their efforts to
    increase exports to international markets;

-   FAS provides individual companies and U.S. trade associations
    Government-to-Government representation overseas;

-   FAS provides analysis of policy issues and legislative initiatives
    for members of Congress and the interested public, including trade
    associations and other advocacy groups;

-   FAS provides services at the micro level for single firms dealing
    with issues relating to sanitary and phyto-sanitary requirements of
    individual countries and similar issues;

-   FAS provides import licensing programs that award U.S. importers
    with the certificates they need to import various sugar and dairy
    products;

-   Producers, processors, and exporters rely on FAS for both financing
    assistance through the credit guarantee programs.

-   FAS provides exporter assistance to small companies and to companies
    new to exporting to help them learn and navigate the export process;

-   Additionally, FAS provides market intelligence to businesses,
    researchers, and others, with information distributed through web
    sites and traditional publications. The main need and challenge for
    these customers is timely collection and delivery of market
    information.

Figure 1: FAS Citizen Groups and Customers

  -------------------------------------------------- --------------------
  **Major Citizen Group**                            **Estimated Total
                                                     Number Served**

  Producers, Processors - Exporters and Importers    5000 per day

  General Information Users                          500 per day

  Advocacy Groups                                    500 per day
  -------------------------------------------------- --------------------

> ***2. Public and Private Partners***
>
> FAS defines public and private partners as those non-profit
> organizations, universities, state governments, other U.S.
> Governmental agencies and International governmental organizations
> that work with FAS to deliver our programs and services. The following
> are examples of some of these organizations:

-   FAS provides market intelligence and negotiation expertise to
    government agencies, especially the U.S. Trade Representative and
    the U.S. Department of Commerce to assist in developing sound
    positions for negotiating in international fora.

-   FAS actively participates (with partners and customers across a wide
    range of Federal and State agencies and Departments) in
    Interdepartmental deliberations concerning international agreements
    related to U.S. agriculture.

-   FAS also provides market intelligence, grants and other financial
    assistance, and services related to individual commodity groups and
    their representatives through the FAS' market development programs.
    FAS works with these groups and their members (producers,
    processors, exporters, and others) individually and in groups to
    enhance the viability of U.S. market access overseas and to
    determine how to better position U.S. products in overseas markets
    to enhance U.S. agricultural business success. These partners
    provide the staff to implement the market development programs in
    foreign countries.

-   FAS works directly with U.S. Government agencies and international
    organizations (public, quasi-public, and private voluntary
    organizations) to provide humanitarian relief supplies overseas. FAS
    routinely partners with USAID and the U.S. State Department to
    facilitate these efforts on an interdepartmental basis. In addition,
    FAS works directly with the World Food Program to carryout its
    humanitarian mission. These partners are critical to FAS to deliver
    and monitor the distribution of the food aid.

-   FAS also works with universities to implement training, technical
    assistance, and research programs for foreign governments and
    businesses. FAS also partners with USAID to implement trade capacity
    building activities in developing countries to help them realize the
    benefits of international trade.

-   In assisting U.S. producers, processors, and exporters, as well as
    U.S. and foreign banks, and in the development of international
    trade policy, FAS works directly with foreign governments, including
    ministries of agriculture. This work with overseas governments
    includes providing development assistance in the form of consultant
    services, as well as food aid and other in-kind benefits.

**Figure 2: FAS' Major Public/Private Partner Organizations**

  ------------------------------------------------- ---------------------
  **Major Organization/ Industry Groups**           **Estimated Total
                                                    Number Served**

  U.S. Government Agencies                          48

  International Relief Organizations                15

  Private Voluntary Organizations                   40

  U.S. Banks, Foreign Banks                         120

  Foreign Ministries of Agriculture                 150

  Cooperators/Trade Associations                    70

  State Department of Agriculture                   50

  Universities                                      80
  ------------------------------------------------- ---------------------

> ***3. Employees***
>
> FAS' employees at USDA headquarters have access to high-speed Internet
> and other technology resources. However, FAS' international employees
> work in a variety of locations, and many have substandard access to
> the Internet; significant improvements are planned in FY 2003 if funds
> are available.

**Figure 3: FAS' Major Employee Groups**

  ------------------------------------------------- ---------------------
  **Employee Groups**                               **Estimated Total
                                                    Number**

  Headquarters Employees                            600

  International Employees                           400
  ------------------------------------------------- ---------------------

## C. Core Functions and Major Programs

  ------------------------------------------------- ---------------------
  **Core Functions/Major Programs**                 **Budget**

  Trade Policy and Market Access                    \$26 Million

  Market Development                                \$135 Million

  Market Financing                                  \$3.7 Billion

  Trade Capacity Building                           \$90 Million

  Market Intelligence                               \$25 Million

  Food Aid                                          Varies
  ------------------------------------------------- ---------------------

### 

## D. Key Challenges

> FAS' major eGovernment challenge relates to moving toward the
> "transformational" phase of eGovernment. Stovepipes and silos are
> representative of most of our work processes although most of the
> issues cross organizational lines and require collaboration to
> resolve. These challenges will be addressed through the development of
> the FAS Enterprise Architecture and achieving the following Knowledge
> Management objectives:

-   Development of an enterprise-wide information and knowledge network
    to enable employees and agency partners to share what they know and
    to preserve institutional knowledge;

-   Improvement of access to and delivery of information for
    decision-makers, the public, and employees through portal, content
    management and other enabling technologies; and

-   Fostering of collaborative work environments to encourage sharing of
    employee skills and knowledge.

Additional challenges include:

-   **Change Management**: Helping employees embrace the change instead
    of fighting it.

-   **Maintaining a Customer Focus**: It is paramount that we
    continually keep hearing from a variety of citizens, business
    partners and employees on ways to continually improve service,
    efficiency and effectiveness.

-   **Adequate and Consistent Funding**: To bring about the
    transformation of how FAS serves its customers, it requires adequate
    staffing and funding to plan appropriately, acquire the necessary
    eGovernment tools and related infrastructure, and provide the
    training and change management assistance required to help employees
    implement the change.

-   **Security**: FAS needs to continue to focus on improving its IT and
    eGovernment security programs and activities.

-   **CPIC**: FAS needs to continue developing its investment planning
    and control processes to ensure that systems are being developed
    on-time and on-cost.

# [USDA eGovernment Mission, Vision, Strategic Goals and Objectives]{.smallcaps}

##  A. USDA eGovernment Mission and Vision

> **USDA eGovernment Mission**
>
> *"Transform and enhance the delivery of USDA's programs, services and
> information.\"*
>
> **USDA eGovernment Vision**
>
> *"USDA, electronically available any place, any time."*

## B. eGovernment Goals & Objectives

+-------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
| **Goal**          | **Objectives**                                   |
+-------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
| **Goal 1:         | 1.  Promote a stable, safe, and affordable food  |
| Citizens**        |     supply and improve nutritional status        |
|                   |                                                  |
| Improve citizens' | 2.  Enhance the efficiency and commercial        |
| knowledge of and  |     viability of agricultural producers and      |
| access to USDA to |     promote the expansion of agricultural trade. |
| enhance service   |                                                  |
| delivery.         | 3.  Increase the capability of all citizens,     |
|                   |     especially those living in rural             |
|                   |     communities, to benefit from eGovernment     |
|                   |                                                  |
|                   | 4.  Provide the public with information and      |
|                   |     services to benefit from and preserve        |
|                   |     natural resources and the environment        |
+-------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
| **Goal 2: Public  | 1.  Empower organizations by providing           |
| and Private       |     appropriate and meaningful data and          |
| Organizations**   |     knowledge for timely decision-making         |
|                   |                                                  |
| Enhance           | 2.  Enable business transactions with partners   |
| collaboration     |     through user-friendly applications and       |
| with public and   |     seamless integration across the Department   |
| private sector    |                                                  |
| organizations to  | 3.  Streamline oversight, regulatory, and        |
| develop and       |     cooperative activities with standardized     |
| deliver USDA's    |     electronic solutions                         |
| mission.          |                                                  |
|                   | 4.  Provide leadership in intergovernmental      |
|                   |     initiatives to improve service delivery      |
+-------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
| **Goal 3:         | 1.  Foster seamless collaboration to make        |
| Employees and the |     informed decisions and minimize redundancy   |
| Enterprise**      |     to achieve USDA's mission                    |
|                   |                                                  |
| Improve internal  | 2.  Increase USDA employees' skills,             |
| efficiency by     |     understanding, access and use of available   |
| promoting         |     eGovernment tools                            |
| enterprise-wide   |                                                  |
| solutions.        | 3.  Develop and enhance administrative and       |
|                   |     support functions that satisfy employee and  |
|                   |     enterprise needs in an effective, efficient  |
|                   |     and interoperable manner                     |
|                   |                                                  |
|                   | 4.  Create and maintain a management and         |
|                   |     technical infrastructure capable of          |
|                   |     supporting USDA's eGovernment vision         |
+-------------------+--------------------------------------------------+

#   {#section-3 .unnumbered}

# [Current Agency eGovernment Efforts]{.smallcaps}

+-------------+------------------------------+------------+-----------+
| *           | **Initiative**               | **Scope**  | **Farm    |
| *Priority** |                              |            | Bill**    |
|             |                              |            |           |
|             |                              |            | **(Yes or |
|             |                              |            | No)**     |
+-------------+------------------------------+------------+-----------+
| GPEA 1      | Dairy Tariff-Rate Import     | Agency     | No        |
|             | Quota Licensing Regulation   |            |           |
+-------------+------------------------------+------------+-----------+
| GPEA 1      | CCC/Export Credit Guarantee  | Agency     | No        |
|             | Program \-- GSM-102 and      |            |           |
|             | Intermediate Export Credit   |            |           |
|             | Guarantee Program \--        |            |           |
|             | GSM-103                      |            |           |
+-------------+------------------------------+------------+-----------+
| GPEA 1      | Regulations - Financing      | Agency     | No        |
|             | Commercial Sales of          |            |           |
|             | Agricultural Commodities     |            |           |
|             | Under Title I, P.L. 480 --   |            |           |
|             | Record keeping & Reporting   |            |           |
|             | Requirements                 |            |           |
+-------------+------------------------------+------------+-----------+
| GPEA 1      | Export Sales of U.S.         | Agency     | No        |
|             | Agricultural Commodities     |            |           |
+-------------+------------------------------+------------+-----------+
| GPEA 1      | Request for Vessel Approval  | Agency     | No        |
+-------------+------------------------------+------------+-----------+
| GPEA 1      | Declaration of Sale          | Agency     | No        |
+-------------+------------------------------+------------+-----------+
| GPEA 1      | Sugar imported to be         | Agency     | No        |
|             | re-exported in refined form, |            |           |
|             | in sugar-containing          |            |           |
|             | products, or used in         |            |           |
|             | production of certain        |            |           |
|             | polyhydric alcohols          |            |           |
+-------------+------------------------------+------------+-----------+
| GPEA 1      | Buyer Alert                  | Agency     | No        |
+-------------+------------------------------+------------+-----------+
| GPEA 1      | Specialty Sugar Certificates | Agency     | No        |
+-------------+------------------------------+------------+-----------+
| GPEA 1      | FAS Cooperator Foreign       | Agency     | No        |
|             | Market Development Program   |            |           |
+-------------+------------------------------+------------+-----------+
| GPEA 1      | Market Access Program        | Agency     | No        |
+-------------+------------------------------+------------+-----------+
| GPEA 1      | CCC\'s Export Enhancement    | Agency     | No        |
|             | Program (EEP) and CCC\'s     |            |           |
|             | Dairy Export Incentive       |            |           |
|             | Program (DEIP)               |            |           |
+-------------+------------------------------+------------+-----------+
| GPEA 1      | List of Commodities by Firm  | Agency     | No        |
|             | Available for Exporting-AKA  |            |           |
|             | U.S. Supplier List           |            |           |
+-------------+------------------------------+------------+-----------+
| GPEA 1      | Foreign Donation of          | Agency     | No        |
|             | Commodities                  |            |           |
+-------------+------------------------------+------------+-----------+
| GPEA 1      | CCC\'s Supplier Credit       | Agency     | No        |
|             | Guarantee Program            |            |           |
+-------------+------------------------------+------------+-----------+
| GPEA 1      | Technical Assistance for     | Agency     | Yes       |
|             | Specialty Crops              |            |           |
+-------------+------------------------------+------------+-----------+

Note: See Attachment 1 for individual tactical plans.

# [Proposed Agency eGovernment Opportunities]{.smallcaps}

+-------------+-----------------------------------------+--------------+
| *           | **Initiative**                          | **Scope**    |
| *Priority** |                                         |              |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------+--------------+
| 1           | Online Trade Assistance (USDA Strategic | Ent          |
|             | & linked to Presidential International  | erprise-wide |
|             | Trade Streamlining initiative)          | &            |
|             |                                         | Inter-       |
|             |                                         | Departmental |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------+--------------+
| 2           | eGrants (USDA Strategic & linked to     | Ent          |
|             | Presidential eGrants initiative)        | erprise-wide |
|             |                                         | &            |
|             |                                         | Inter-       |
|             |                                         | Departmental |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------+--------------+
| 3           | Knowledge Management                    | Agency       |
|             |                                         | Specific     |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------+--------------+
| 4           | Production, Supply and Demand (PS&D)    | Ent          |
|             |                                         | erprise-wide |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------+--------------+
| 5           | Global Agricultural Information Network | Agency       |
|             | (GAIN)                                  | Specific     |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------+--------------+
| 6           | USDA Enabler Projects                   | Ent          |
|             |                                         | erprise-wide |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------+--------------+
|             | > eDeployment                           |              |
|             | >                                       |              |
|             | > Web-content management                |              |
|             | >                                       |              |
|             | > Document management                   |              |
|             | >                                       |              |
|             | > Web presence                          |              |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------+--------------+
|             | > eAuthentication                       |              |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------+--------------+
| 7           | Buy USA (linked to the Presidential     | Inter-       |
|             | International Trade Streamlining        | Departmental |
|             | initiative)                             |              |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------+--------------+

# Note: See Attachment 1 for individual tactical plans. 

# 

# [Funding Summary for eGovernment]{.smallcaps} 

+----------+------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| **Type** | **Current        | **FY  | **FY  | **FY  | **FY  | **FY\ |
|          | eGovernment      | 2002  | 2003  | 2004  | 2005  | 2006\ |
|          | Effort**         | Bud   | Bud   | Bud   | Bud   | Bud   |
|          |                  | get** | get** | get** | get** | get** |
+----------+------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| *        | Dairy            | M     | New   | New   | \$    | \$    |
| *Current | Tariff-Rate      | ainte | D     | D     | TBD   | TBD   |
| Agency   | Import Quota     | nance | evelo | evelo |       |       |
| eGo      | Licensing        |       | pment | pment |       |       |
| vernment | Regulation       | \$    |       |       |       |       |
| E        |                  | 12    | \$    | \$    |       |       |
| fforts** |                  | 8,649 | 26    | 10    |       |       |
|          |                  |       | 2,100 | 5,000 |       |       |
|          |                  |       |       |       |       |       |
|          |                  |       | M     | M     |       |       |
|          |                  |       | ainte | ainte |       |       |
|          |                  |       | nance | nance |       |       |
|          |                  |       |       | \$13  |       |       |
|          |                  |       | \$    | 9,922 |       |       |
|          |                  |       | 4     |       |       |       |
|          |                  |       | 4,357 |       |       |       |
+----------+------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
|          | CCC/Export       | See   | See   | See   | See   | See   |
|          | Credit Guarantee | foo   | foo   | foo   | foo   | foo   |
|          | Program \--      | tnote | tnote | tnote | tnote | tnote |
|          | GSM-102 and      |       |       |       |       |       |
|          | Intermediate     |       |       |       |       |       |
|          | Export Credit    |       |       |       |       |       |
|          | Guarantee        |       |       |       |       |       |
|          | Program \--      |       |       |       |       |       |
|          | GSM-103          |       |       |       |       |       |
+----------+------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
|          | Regulations -    | See   | See   | See   | See   | See   |
|          | Financing        | foo   | foo   | foo   | foo   | foo   |
|          | Commercial Sales | tnote | tnote | tnote | tnote | tnote |
|          | of Agricultural  |       |       |       |       |       |
|          | Commodities      |       |       |       |       |       |
|          | Under Title I,   |       |       |       |       |       |
|          | P.L. 480 --      |       |       |       |       |       |
|          | Record keeping & |       |       |       |       |       |
|          | Reporting        |       |       |       |       |       |
|          | Requirements     |       |       |       |       |       |
+----------+------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
|          | Export Sales of  |       | \$    | \$    | \$    | \$    |
|          | U.S.             |       | 29    | 23    | TBD   | TBD   |
|          | Agricultural     |       | 9,701 | 4,000 |       |       |
|          | Commodities      |       |       |       |       |       |
+----------+------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
|          | Request for      | See   | See   | See   | See   | See   |
|          | Vessel Approval  | foo   | foo   | foo   | foo   | foo   |
|          |                  | tnote | tnote | tnote | tnote | tnote |
+----------+------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
|          | Declaration of   | See   | See   | See   | See   | See   |
|          | Sale             | foo   | foo   | foo   | foo   | foo   |
|          |                  | tnote | tnote | tnote | tnote | tnote |
+----------+------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
|          | Sugar imported   | M     | New   | New   | \$    | \$    |
|          | to be            | ainte | D     | D     | TBD   | TBD   |
|          | re-exported in   | nance | evelo | evelo |       |       |
|          | refined form, in |       | pment | pment |       |       |
|          | sugar-containing | \$    |       |       |       |       |
|          | products, or     | 3     | \$    | \$    |       |       |
|          | used in          | 7,828 | 10    | 10    |       |       |
|          | production of    |       | 0,000 | 5,000 |       |       |
|          | certain          | (c    | (c    | (c    |       |       |
|          | polyhydric       | overs | overs | overs |       |       |
|          | alcohols         | Spec  | Spec  | Spec  |       |       |
|          | (SUGARS)         | ialty | ialty | ialty |       |       |
|          |                  | Sugar | Sugar | Sugar |       |       |
|          |                  | Cer   | Cer   | Cer   |       |       |
|          |                  | tific | tific | tific |       |       |
|          |                  | ates, | ates, | ates, |       |       |
|          |                  | b     | b     | b     |       |       |
|          |                  | elow) | elow) | elow) |       |       |
|          |                  |       |       |       |       |       |
|          |                  |       | M     | M     |       |       |
|          |                  |       | ainte | ainte |       |       |
|          |                  |       | nance | nance |       |       |
|          |                  |       |       |       |       |       |
|          |                  |       | \$    | \$    |       |       |
|          |                  |       | 7     | 7     |       |       |
|          |                  |       | 5,000 | 8,750 |       |       |
+----------+------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
|          | Buyer Alert      |       | \$    | \$    | \$    | \$    |
|          |                  |       | 5     | 2     | TBD   | TBD   |
|          |                  |       | 3,500 | 1,300 |       |       |
+----------+------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
|          | Specialty Sugar  | Costs | Costs | Costs |       |       |
|          | Certificates     | are   | are   | are   |       |       |
|          |                  | co    | co    | co    |       |       |
|          |                  | vered | vered | vered |       |       |
|          |                  | under | under | under |       |       |
|          |                  | the   | the   | the   |       |       |
|          |                  | S     | S     | SUG   |       |       |
|          |                  | UGARS | UGARS | ARS(a |       |       |
|          |                  | (a    | (a    | bove) |       |       |
|          |                  | bove) | bove) |       |       |       |
+----------+------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
|          | []{#__RefHeadi   |       | \$    | \$    | \$    | \$    |
|          | ng___Toc34811395 |       | 54    | 57    | TBD   | TBD   |
|          | .anchor}Unified  |       | 9,830 | 4,712 |       |       |
|          | Export Strategy  |       |       |       |       |       |
|          | (UES)            |       |       |       |       |       |
+----------+------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
|          | > FAS Cooperator |       | Fu    | Fu    | Fu    | Fu    |
|          | > Foreign Market |       | nding | nding | nding | nding |
|          | > Development    |       | co    | co    | co    | co    |
|          | > Program (FMDP) |       | vered | vered | vered | vered |
|          |                  |       | under | under | under | under |
|          |                  |       | UES   | UES   | UES   | UES   |
+----------+------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
|          | > Market Access  |       | Fu    | Fu    | Fu    | Fu    |
|          | > Program (MAP)  |       | nding | nding | nding | nding |
|          |                  |       | co    | co    | co    | co    |
|          |                  |       | vered | vered | vered | vered |
|          |                  |       | under | under | under | under |
|          |                  |       | UES   | UES   | UES   | UES   |
+----------+------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
|          | > Technical      |       | Fu    | Fu    | Fu    | Fu    |
|          | > Assistance for |       | nding | nding | nding | nding |
|          | > Specialty      |       | co    | co    | co    | co    |
|          | > Crops (TASC)   |       | vered | vered | vered | vered |
|          |                  |       | under | under | under | under |
|          |                  |       | UES   | UES   | UES   | UES   |
+----------+------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
|          | CCC\'s Export    | See   | See   | See   | See   | See   |
|          | Enhancement      | foo   | foo   | foo   | foo   | foo   |
|          | Program (EEP)    | tnote | tnote | tnote | tnote | tnote |
|          | and CCC\'s Dairy |       |       |       |       |       |
|          | Export Incentive |       |       |       |       |       |
|          | Program (DEIP)   |       |       |       |       |       |
+----------+------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
|          | List of          |       | \$    | \$    | \$    | \$    |
|          | Commodities by   |       | 5     | 2     | TBD   | TBD   |
|          | Firm Available   |       | 3,500 | 1,300 |       |       |
|          | for              |       |       |       |       |       |
|          | Exporting-AKA    |       |       |       |       |       |
|          | U.S. Supplier    |       |       |       |       |       |
|          | List             |       |       |       |       |       |
+----------+------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
|          | Foreign Donation | See   | See   | See   | See   | See   |
|          | of Commodities   | foo   | foo   | foo   | foo   | foo   |
|          |                  | tnote | tnote | tnote | tnote | tnote |
+----------+------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
|          | CCC\'s Supplier  | See   | See   | See   | See   | See   |
|          | Credit Guarantee | foo   | foo   | foo   | foo   | foo   |
|          | Program          | tnote | tnote | tnote | tnote | tnote |
+----------+------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+

Footnote: Tactical plans are still being developed but GPEA project
plans were submitted.

+----------+-------------------+------+-------+-------+------+------+
| **Type** | **Proposed        | **FY | **FY  | **FY  | **FY | *    |
|          | eGovernment       | 2002 | 2003  | 2004  | 2005 | *FY\ |
|          | Initiative**      | Budg | Bud   | Bud   | Budg | 2    |
|          |                   | et** | get** | get** | et** | 006\ |
|          |                   |      |       |       |      | Budg |
|          |                   |      |       |       |      | et** |
+----------+-------------------+------+-------+-------+------+------+
| **       | Online Trade      |      | TBD   |       |      |      |
| Proposed | Assistance (USDA  |      |       |       |      |      |
| Agency   | Strategic)        |      |       |       |      |      |
| eGo      |                   |      |       |       |      |      |
| vernment |                   |      |       |       |      |      |
| Opportu  |                   |      |       |       |      |      |
| nities** |                   |      |       |       |      |      |
+----------+-------------------+------+-------+-------+------+------+
|          | eGrants (USDA     |      | TBD   |       |      |      |
|          | Strategic)        |      |       |       |      |      |
+----------+-------------------+------+-------+-------+------+------+
|          | Knowledge         |      | TBD   |       |      |      |
|          | Management        |      |       |       |      |      |
+----------+-------------------+------+-------+-------+------+------+
|          | Production,       |      | TBD   |       |      |      |
|          | Supply and Demand |      |       |       |      |      |
|          | (PS&D)            |      |       |       |      |      |
+----------+-------------------+------+-------+-------+------+------+
|          | Global            |      | 0     | TBD   |      |      |
|          | Agricultural      |      |       |       |      |      |
|          | Information       |      |       |       |      |      |
|          | Network (GAIN)    |      |       |       |      |      |
+----------+-------------------+------+-------+-------+------+------+
|          | USDA Enabler      |      |       |       |      |      |
|          | Projects          |      |       |       |      |      |
+----------+-------------------+------+-------+-------+------+------+
|          | > eDeloyment      |      | TBD   |       |      |      |
|          | >                 |      |       |       |      |      |
|          | > Web-content     |      |       |       |      |      |
|          | > management      |      |       |       |      |      |
|          | >                 |      |       |       |      |      |
|          | > Document        |      |       |       |      |      |
|          | > management      |      |       |       |      |      |
|          | >                 |      |       |       |      |      |
|          | > Web presence    |      |       |       |      |      |
+----------+-------------------+------+-------+-------+------+------+
|          | > euthentication  |      | TBD   |       |      |      |
+----------+-------------------+------+-------+-------+------+------+
|          | Buy USA           |      | TBD   |       |      |      |
+----------+-------------------+------+-------+-------+------+------+

##  

Note: The FAS Capital Planning and Investment and Control Committee is
currently reevaluating the Agency's FY 2003 investments due to a 23% cut
in its IT budget due to the passage of the FY 2003 budget. An IRM Review
Board meeting is tentatively scheduled for the end of March to review
and decide priorities.

# [Appendix A: FAS eGovernment Steering Committee Members]{.smallcaps}

> Dave Pendlum
>
> Gang (Mark) Xu
>
> Rand Ruggieri
>
> Mark Rowse
>
> Robin Tilsworth
>
> Carol Kramer LeBlanc
>
> Frank Fender
>
> Howard Anderson
>
> Richard Blabey
>
> Denise Huttenlocker
>
> Daniel Berman
>
> Kathy Ting
>
> Harold Kanarek
>
> Calvina Dupre
>
> Gene Philhower

## Table of Content

[Current Agency eGovernment Efforts
2](#current-agency-egovernment-efforts-1)

[The U.S. Dairy Import Licensing System 2](#__RefHeading___Toc34811392)

[Export Sales Reporting Program 5](#__RefHeading___Toc34811393)

[Buyer Alert 7](#__RefHeading___Toc34811394)

[Unified Export Strategy 9](#__RefHeading___Toc34811395)

[SUGARS 11](#__RefHeading___Toc34811396)

[US Supplier Lists 14](#__RefHeading___Toc34811397)

[Proposed Agency eGovernment Opportunities
16](#proposed-agency-egovernment-opportunities-1)

[Online Trade Assistance (OTA) 16](#__RefHeading___Toc34811399)

[eGrants 20](#__RefHeading___Toc34811400)

[Knowledge Management 23](#__RefHeading___Toc34811402)

[PSD 25](#__RefHeading___Toc34811403)

[GAIN 27](#__RefHeading___Toc34811404)

[FAS Portal/Web Presence 29](#__RefHeading___Toc34811405)

[eAuthentication 32](#__RefHeading___Toc34811406)

[Content Management/Document Management 33](#__RefHeading___Toc34811407)

[BuyUSA 35](#__RefHeading___Toc34811408)

## Current Agency eGovernment Efforts

[]{#__RefHeading___Toc34811392 .anchor}The U.S. Dairy Import Licensing
System

+-------------+-------------+------+------+-------------+-------------+
| **Name of   |             |      |      |             |             |
| Proposed    |             |      |      |             |             |
| Agency-led  |             |      |      |             |             |
| In          |             |      |      |             |             |
| itiative:** |             |      |      |             |             |
+-------------+-------------+------+------+-------------+-------------+
| The U.S.    |             |      |      |             |             |
| Dairy       |             |      |      |             |             |
| Import      |             |      |      |             |             |
| Licensing   |             |      |      |             |             |
| System      |             |      |      |             |             |
+-------------+-------------+------+------+-------------+-------------+
| D           |             |      |      |             |             |
| escription: |             |      |      |             |             |
+-------------+-------------+------+------+-------------+-------------+
| **Summary   |             |      |      |             |             |
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|             |             |      |      |             |             |
| The purpose |             |      |      |             |             |
| of this     |             |      |      |             |             |
| investment  |             |      |      |             |             |
| is to       |             |      |      |             |             |
| provide a   |             |      |      |             |             |
| state       |             |      |      |             |             |
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| Intern      |             |      |      |             |             |
| et-enabled, |             |      |      |             |             |
| database    |             |      |      |             |             |
| application |             |      |      |             |             |
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| adm         |             |      |      |             |             |
| inistration |             |      |      |             |             |
| of the      |             |      |      |             |             |
| currently   |             |      |      |             |             |
| mandated    |             |      |      |             |             |
| Dairy       |             |      |      |             |             |
| Tariff-Rate |             |      |      |             |             |
| Quota       |             |      |      |             |             |
| Import      |             |      |      |             |             |
| Licensing   |             |      |      |             |             |
| System.     |             |      |      |             |             |
|             |             |      |      |             |             |
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| of Business |             |      |      |             |             |
| Function    |             |      |      |             |             |
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|             |             |      |      |             |             |
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| operation   |             |      |      |             |             |
| of the      |             |      |      |             |             |
| Dairy       |             |      |      |             |             |
| Import      |             |      |      |             |             |
| Licensing   |             |      |      |             |             |
| System is   |             |      |      |             |             |
| mandated by |             |      |      |             |             |
| Federal     |             |      |      |             |             |
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|             |             |      |      |             |             |
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| 7\--A       |             |      |      |             |             |
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| Licensing** |             |      |      |             |             |
|             |             |      |      |             |             |
| Import      |             |      |      |             |             |
| licensing   |             |      |      |             |             |
| is one of   |             |      |      |             |             |
| the tools   |             |      |      |             |             |
| the U.S.    |             |      |      |             |             |
| Department  |             |      |      |             |             |
| of          |             |      |      |             |             |
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| (USDA) uses |             |      |      |             |             |
| to          |             |      |      |             |             |
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| quota (TRQ) |             |      |      |             |             |
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| U.S.        |             |      |      |             |             |
| imports of  |             |      |      |             |             |
| dairy       |             |      |      |             |             |
| products.   |             |      |      |             |             |
| TRQs        |             |      |      |             |             |
| replaced    |             |      |      |             |             |
| Section 22  |             |      |      |             |             |
| absolute    |             |      |      |             |             |
| import      |             |      |      |             |             |
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| dairy       |             |      |      |             |             |
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|             |             |      |      |             |             |
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| low-tier    |             |      |      |             |             |
| rate,       |             |      |      |             |             |
| applies to  |             |      |      |             |             |
| imports up  |             |      |      |             |             |
| to a        |             |      |      |             |             |
| specified   |             |      |      |             |             |
| quantity. A |             |      |      |             |             |
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| high-tier   |             |      |      |             |             |
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| applies to  |             |      |      |             |             |
| any imports |             |      |      |             |             |
| in excess   |             |      |      |             |             |
| of that     |             |      |      |             |             |
| amount.     |             |      |      |             |             |
| High-tier   |             |      |      |             |             |
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| reduced by  |             |      |      |             |             |
| 15 percent  |             |      |      |             |             |
| over the 6  |             |      |      |             |             |
| years since |             |      |      |             |             |
| the Uruguay |             |      |      |             |             |
| Round       |             |      |      |             |             |
| Agreement   |             |      |      |             |             |
| was         |             |      |      |             |             |
| implemented |             |      |      |             |             |
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|             |             |      |      |             |             |
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| import      |             |      |      |             |             |
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| Programs:** |             |      |      |             |             |
+-------------+-------------+------+------+-------------+-------------+
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|     export  |             |      |      |             |             |
|             |             |      |      |             |             |
|  assistance |             |      |      |             |             |
|     and     |             |      |      |             |             |
|             |             |      |      |             |             |
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|     trade   |             |      |      |             |             |
|     leads   |             |      |      |             |             |
|     in      |             |      |      |             |             |
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|             |             |      |      |             |             |
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|     and     |             |      |      |             |             |
|             |             |      |      |             |             |
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+-------------+-------------+------+------+-------------+-------------+
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|             |             | 004: |      |             |             |
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+-------------+-------------+------+------+-------------+-------------+

Unified Export Strategy

+-------------+-------------+------+------+-------------+-------------+
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## Proposed Agency eGovernment Opportunities

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| vailability |             |      |      |             |           |   |
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|     reports |             |      |      |             |           |   |
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|     publish |             |      | ommo |             |           |   |
|             |             |      | dity |             |           |   |
| information |             |      |      |             |           |   |
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|             |             |      |      |             |           |   |
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|             |             |      |      |             |           |   |
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|             |             |      | ices |             |           |   |
|             |             |      |      |             |           |   |
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|             |             |      |      |             |           |   |
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|             |             |      | ment |             |           |   |
|             |             |      |      |             |           |   |
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|             |             |      |      |             |           |   |
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|             |             |      |      |             |           |   |
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|             |             |      |      |             |           |   |
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|             |             |      | lity |             |           |   |
|             |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|             |             |      |   of |             |           |   |
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|             |             |      |  inf |             |           |   |
|             |             |      | orma |             |           |   |
|             |             |      | tion |             |           |   |
|             |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|             |             |      |  for |             |           |   |
|             |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|             |             |      | USDA |             |           |   |
|             |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|             |             |      |    c |             |           |   |
|             |             |      | usto |             |           |   |
|             |             |      | mers |             |           |   |
+-------------+-------------+------+------+-------------+-----------+---+
| Expected    |             |      |      |             |           |   |
| Benefits:   |             |      |      |             |           |   |
+-------------+-------------+------+------+-------------+-----------+---+
| -   Better  |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|     service |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|     to USDA |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|             |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|  customers, |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|     p       |             |      |      |             |           |   |
| articularly |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|     U.S.    |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|     a       |             |      |      |             |           |   |
| gricultural |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|             |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|  exporters, |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|     through |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|             |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|    improved |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|             |             |      |      |             |           |   |
| timeliness, |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|     quality |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|     and     |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|             |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|    delivery |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|     of      |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|             |             |      |      |             |           |   |
| information |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|             |             |      |      |             |           |   |
| -   Greater |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|             |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|  efficiency |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|     in      |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|             |             |      |      |             |           |   |
| performance |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|     of key  |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|     FAS     |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|             |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|    business |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|             |             |      |      |             |           |   |
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|             |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|  management |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|     of      |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|             |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|   reporting |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|     system  |             |      |      |             |           |   |
+-------------+-------------+------+------+-------------+-----------+---+
| Agency      |             |      |      |             |           |   |
| Participati |             |      |      |             |           |   |
| on/Impacts: |             |      |      |             |           |   |
+-------------+-------------+------+------+-------------+-----------+---+
| -   FAS     |             |      |      |             |           |   |
| /Washington |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|     and     |             |      |      |             |           |   |
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|     staff   |             |      |      |             |           |   |
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|     have    |             |      |      |             |           |   |
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|     value   |             |      |      |             |           |   |
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|             |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|  activities |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|             |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|   including |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|     global  |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|             |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|   commodity |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|             |             |      |      |             |           |   |
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|             |             |      |      |             |           |   |
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|     market  |             |      |      |             |           |   |
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|             |             |      |      |             |           |   |
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|     updates |             |      |      |             |           |   |
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| nformation. |             |      |      |             |           |   |
+-------------+-------------+------+------+-------------+-----------+---+
| **Affected  |             |      |      |             |           |   |
| Agency      |             |      |      |             |           |   |
| Programs:** |             |      |      |             |           |   |
+-------------+-------------+------+------+-------------+-----------+---+
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|             |             |      |      |             |           |   |
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|     and     |             |      |      |             |           |   |
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|             |             |      |      |             |           |   |
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|             |             |      |      |             |           |   |
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|             |             |      |      |             |           |   |
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|             |             |      |      |             |           |   |
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|             |             |      |      |             |           |   |
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|    partners |             |      |      |             |           |   |
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|             |             |      |      |             |           |   |
| development |             |      |      |             |           |   |
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|     testing |             |      |      |             |           |   |
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|             |             |      |      |             |           |   |
| -   Pilot   |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|             |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|  deployment |             |      |      |             |           |   |
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|             |             |      |      |             |           |   |
| -   Full    |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|             |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|  Deployment |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|     (12-04) |             |      |      |             |           |   |
+-------------+-------------+------+------+-------------+-----------+---+
| Performance |             |      |      |             |           |   |
| Measures:   |             |      |      |             |           |   |
+-------------+-------------+------+------+-------------+-----------+---+
| -   Timely  |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|             |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|  processing |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|     of GAIN |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|     reports |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|             |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|   submitted |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|     by      |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|     posts   |             |      |      |             |           |   |
+-------------+-------------+------+------+-------------+-----------+---+
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|             |             |      |      |             |           |   |
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|     the     |             |      |      |             |           |   |
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|     online. |             |      |      |             |           |   |
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|             |             |      |      |             |           |   |
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|             |             |      |      |             |           |   |
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|     USDA    |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|     online. |             |      |      |             |           |   |
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| Agency      |             |      |      |             |           |   |
| Programs:** |             |      |      |             |           |   |
+-------------+-------------+------+------+-------------+-----------+---+
| -   All     |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|     Agency  |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|             |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|    Programs |             |      |      |             |           |   |
+-------------+-------------+------+------+-------------+-----------+---+
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| takeholders |             |      |      |             |           |   |
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|             |             |      |      |             |           |   |
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|             |             |      |      |             |           |   |
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|     &       |             |      |      |             |           |   |
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|             |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|   intrusion |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|             |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|   detection |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|     system  |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|     for FAS |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|             |             |      |      |             |           |   |
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|             |             |      |      |             |           |   |
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|             |             |      |      |             |           |   |
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|             |             |      |      |             |           |   |
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|     for     |             |      |      |             |           |   |
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|     and     |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|     video   |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|             |             |      |      |             |           |   |
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|             |             |      |      |             |           |   |
| -           |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|   Implement |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|             |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|  individual |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|     login   |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|     to FAS  |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|             |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|    Intranet |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|             |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|   (FASTnet) |             |      |      |             |           |   |
|             |             |      |      |             |           |   |
| -   Enhance |             |      |      |             |           |   |
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[]{#__RefHeading___Toc34811407 .anchor}Content Management/Document
Management

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