FAIR Act Report - Agriculture Department
This list includes all activities performed by federal employees that could be outsourced to private firms, as reported by the department. Activities that are considered "inherently governmental" are not included on the list.
| USDA Division* | Jobs |
| Agriculture Marketing Service (AMS) | 2,931 |
| Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) | 4,176 |
| Agricultural Research Service (ARS) | 986.98 |
| Departmental Administration (DA) | 288 |
| Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) | 580 |
| Forest Service (FS) | 23,013.58 |
| Farm Service Agency (FSA) | 1,099.75 |
| Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) | 800 |
| Grain Inspection, Packers & Stockyard Adm. (GIPSA) | 40 |
| National Appeals Division (NAD) | 29 |
| Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO) | 1,436 |
| Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) | 217 |
| Rural Development (RD) | 758 |
| Risk Management Agency (RMA) | 285.5 |
| Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) | 11,780 |
| TOTAL JOBS | 48,420.81 |
* For more detailed data by agency, you can view this table. The table is very large, and the data is formatted differently from agency to agency.
Data for the Natural Resources Conservation Service is available only in spreadsheet format Excel.
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