Pork Promotion Program: Petition Validation Process Needs to Be Strengthened

[摘要] A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Agricultural Marketing Service's (AMS) efforts to validate a petition on whether to continue the Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Pork Promotion Program, focusing on: (1) the problems AMS encountered in its process to validate the pork petition and AMS' plans to improve the validation process; (2) factors that led to the USDA Secretary's decision to order the referendum; and (3) whether the USDA Secretary has the authority to order a referendum and whether USDA can use appropriated funds to pay its cost."

[发布日期] 2000-09-28 [发布机构] United States. General Accounting Office.

[关键词] Government accountability -- United States.;agriculture and food;pork promotion program;letter report