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The Build America, Buy America Act requires that USDA make a proposed waiver available for a 15 day public comment period. Once the public comment period has closed, USDA will consider any comments it received in its evaluation of the waiver request. See How to Submit a Public Comment on a USDA...

Federal Records Management and the Public This page provides information for researchers and the public about how the Federal government manages its records. Federal records management ensures that records are identified, organized, can be found when needed, and are kept as long as necessary to...

Advisory Committee on Biotechnology & 21st Century Agriculture (AC21) The Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture (AC21) was originally established in February, 2003 and first met in June, 2003. Under its Charter, the committee is charged with examining the long-term impacts...

Build America, Buy America (BABA) Act This webpage is to assist United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) agencies, staff offices, award recipients, and subrecipients by providing important information about BABA Act requirements, guidance documents on the waiver and comment process, and the...

Agencies and staff offices who receive waiver requests from recipients and subrecipients must review the waivers. The USDA agency or staff office must approve the waiver request internally and then submit it to OCFO via the Waiver Request Form that is found on the OCFO FFAC SharePoint site. The...

USDA's Information Collection Office is the Department's contact point for evaluating agency information collection packages as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) to insure the burden of information collected from the public is kept to the minimum. In this role the office acts as an...