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General duties of Secretary; advisory functions; research and development U.S. Department of Agriculture Directives United States Department of Agriculture - Department Regulation Agriculture Statistics Board - DR1042-042 Conduct the Census of Agriculture Title 7 - AGRICULTURE Chapter 55 - Department of Agriculture Sec. 2204g. Authority of Secretary of Agriculture to conduct Census of Agriculture Confidentiality of Information and Data Security Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2018, Title III of Pub. L. No. 115-435 Title 44: Public Printing and Documents Chapter 35 – Coordination of Federal Information Policy Title 7 - AGRICULTURE Chapter 55 - Department of Agriculture Sec. 2276. Confidentiality of information United States Department of Agriculture - Department Regulation Agricultural Statistics Board - DR1042-042 Federal Register Notice: June 27, 1997 (Volume 62, Number 124) Order Providing for the Confidentiality of Statistical Information Collection of Agricultural Production and Price Data Title 7 - AGRICULTURE Chapter 17 - Miscellaneous Matters Chapter 25, Sec. 590a. Estimates of apple production Chapter 19 - Cotton Statistics and Estimates Sec. 473. Persons required to furnish information; request; failure to furnish; false information Sec. 476. Cotton Acreage reports -- issued a report on or before the 12th Chapter 32 - Peanut Statistics Sec. 951. Collection and publication; facts required; submission of report Chapter 35A - Price Support of Agricultural Commodities Subchapter I - General Provisions Sec. 1421d. Commodity reports Chapter 38 - Distribution and Marketing of Agricultural Products Sec. 1626. Definitions Subchapter III - Dairy Product Mandatory Reporting Sec. 1637b. Mandatory Reporting for Dairy Products Title 13 - CENSUS Chapter 3 - Collection and Publication of Statistics - Subchapter I - Cotton Sec. 41. Collection and publication Sec. 42. Contents of reports; number of bales of linter; distribution; publication by Department of Agriculture Collection of Environmental and Water Quality Data Title 7 - AGRICULTURE Chapter 6 - Insecticides and Environmental Pesticide Control Sec. 136i-2. Collection of pesticide use information Research and International Programs Title 7 - AGRICULTURE Chapter 64 - Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Subchapter VIII - International Research, Extension, and Teaching Sec. 3291. International agricultural research, extension, and teaching Cooperative Agreements Title 7 - AGRICULTURE Chapter 64 - Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Subchapter X - Funding and Miscellaneous Provisions Sec. 3318. Contract, grant, and cooperative agreement authorities Title 7 - AGRICULTURE Chapter 55 - Department of Agriculture Sec. 2242a. User fees for reports, publications, and software Title 44 - PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS Chapter 13 - Particular Reports and Documents Sec. 1302. Agriculture, Department of: monthly crop report and other publications Penalties for Disclosure and False Reports Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Chapter 93 - Public Officers and Employees Sec. 1905. Disclosure of confidential information generally Freedom of Information and Privacy Acts The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552, provides that any person has the right to request access to Federal documents and other information. Agencies of the Federal Government are required to disclose documents after receiving a FOIA request for them, unless those documents are protected from disclosure by one of nine exemptions of the FOIA. The Privacy Act (PA), 5 U.S.C. 552a, protects individuals against clearly unwarranted invasion of their personal privacy. The PA informs individuals as to what information is maintained on them and where the information is stored. The PA allows individuals to access documents maintained in a PA System of Records (records retrievable by an individual's name or other personal identifier assigned to that individual) and to request amendments to the records. If you are interested in obtaining documents maintained by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), you will find information on accessing both FOIA and non-FOIA records on the REE Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act Guide website. This website is a reference guide that outlines specific procedures for making FOIA and/or PA requests to the Research, Education, and Economic agencies, which includes NASS. If you have any questions, please contact the REE FOIA Office at REEFOIA@ars.usda.gov. National Agricultural Statistics Service Data and Freedom of Information Act Requests - addresses concerns raised about disclosures of producer-level information collected by NASS on its surveys and censuses. Last Modified: 10/08/2021