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COORDINATION WITH OTHER USDA AGENCIES SUCH AS APHIS, FSIS, FGIS, 

 ISENHANCED. 



4. A LACK OF OVERALL VISION CREATES MISGUIDED WORK PRIORITIES 



INEFFECTIVE ORGANIZATION CREATES WARPED PRIORITIES AND 

 PROGRAMS. FAS HAS NOT CLEARLY DEFINED ITS MISSION AND 

 RESPONSIBILITIES TO ITS CONSTITUENTS AND TO ITS EMPLOYEES. FOR 

 EXAMPLE, FAS'S INTERNATIONAL ORIENTATION STILL SEEMS DIRECTED 

 TOWARD CROP REPORTING. MARKET DEVELOPMENT EMPHASIS IS STILL 

 PLACED ON DISPOSING OF SURPLUS BULK COMMODITIES ON WORLD 

 MARKETS WITH CONCESSIONAL PROGRAMS. PERSONNEL HIRING 

 REQUIREMENTS EMPHASIZE ANALYTICAL CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE 

 ' RATHER THAN MARKETING SKILLS AND PRIVATE SECTOR TRAINING 

 AND EXPERIENCE. THE DESIGN AND ADMINISTRATION OF MARKETING 

 PROGRAMS IS IN THE HANDS OF COMPLIANCE PERSONNEL AND 

 ACCOUNTANT-TYPES WHO HAVE HAD MINIMAL INTERNATIONAL 

 EXPOSURE. THE BULK OF THE MOST USEFUL REPORTING FROM 

 FAS/FIELD OFFICES REMAINS INTERNAL AND CLASSIFIED AND THUS OFF- 

 LIMITS TO THOSE WHO COULD MOST EFFECTIVELY BENEFIT FROM IT. 

 THE BEST CUSTOMERS FOR FAS CROP REPORTS AND CIRCULARS ARE 

 OUR COMPETITION. 



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