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-- Creation through the reorganization process, of a new agency, the International 

 Trade Service (ITS). 



~ The Administration's effort to reinvent, to reinvigorate government administration 

 with the National Performance Review (NPR) and in a context of significant budgetary 

 constraints. 



~ The approach of a new Farm Bill. 



-- And, not least, a new Administration with a new Secretary of Agriculture 

 dedicated to the mission of the Department to better serve all American producers and 

 consumers. ; - . • ■ ' . ^ -, ' . 



My purpose in coming before you today is not to provide all the answers regarding 

 FAS's export programs, or even to provide comprehensive answers to the questions you have 

 specifically posed. These are issues for major reflection and discussion, for answers that are 

 developed together in partnership between the Administration and the Congress. My purpose 

 is to demonstrate to you that we in the Department have a vision to bring to the table of 

 where we should be going with our new International Trade Service (ITS) agency, and with 

 our export efforts particularly. 

 Mission of the International Trade Service 



As you know, formation of ITS that carries out the functions of FAS and the former 

 OICD is part of Secretary Espy's mission-driven reorganization of the Department. We 

 want one agency that achieves synergy and focus by combining most of the Department's 

 international activities under one agency. Let me stress that the change is more than 

 structural ~ it seeks to be cultural as well, to inject a new entrepreneurial spirit into our 



