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trust fund outlays, which include regular unemployment benefits (weeks 1-26), extended benefits (weeks 27-39), and Federal supplemental benefits (weeks 40-65); and (2) outlays for special unemployment assistance (SUA). Unemployment assistance to Federal employees and exservicemen trade adjustment assistance and unemployment disaster relief are not included in the models. The Federal supplemental benefits program extends benefits to workers who have exhausted regular and extended unemployment benefits; it is funded through the employ. ment trust fund from Federal unemployment tax receipts. SUA provides benefits to classes of workers not formally covered by the various State systems--mainly domestic workers, farm workers and State and local government employees--and is funded from general revenues. Because the SUA model projects outlays for a relatively new unemployment assistance program, it is in an early stage of development and is based on very limited data. The reliability of the projections based on this model is therefore considerably less than that of the unemployment trust fund model.

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The Federal Financing Bank and the Budget. Technical Paper Series. Budget Review Division, OMB. BRD/FAB 76-1. January 26, 1976. 23 pp. +attachment. Budget Function/Subfunction: Executive direction and management (802).

Agency Contact: Phillip B. Larsen, Acting Assistant to the Director for Administration, OMB. 395-5163.

The Federal Financing Bank (FFB) was created in December 1973 (P.L. 93-224) as an off-budget Federal agency operating under the Treasury Department. The principal purposes of the FFB are to coordinate and assist agency borrowing and Government-guaranteed borrowing and to reduce the cost to the Government of some of its borrowing activities. In order to achieve these purposes, the FFB was given the authority to puchase agency debt and Government-guaranteed obligations and, in turn, to finance these transactions by borrowing from the Treasury or the public. The FFB thus serves as a conduit for agency borrowing and Government-guaranteed borrowing, and Treasury or FFB securities replace agency securities or Government-guaranteed obligations in the market. The operations of the FFB began in May 1974 and have become substantial. By December 30, 1975, its holdings of agency debt and Governmentguaranteed obligations totalled $17 billion. Part I of this paper analyzes the relationship between the FFB and the budget. Part II introduces the subject by describing the operations of the FFB. Part III states some general rules of budgetary accounting that comprise the framework within which FFB's transactions are recorded. Parts IV and V, respectively, explain the application of these rules for measuring FFB outlays and for calculating the effect of FFB on the different aggregations of Federal debt. Part VI discusses the exclusion of FFB from the budget, and Part VIII summarizes the availability of regularly published information about FFB's activities.

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The Budget in Constant Dollars. Technical Paper Series. Budget Review Division, OMB. BRD/FAB 75-1. July 1, 1975.9 pp. + tables.

Budget Function/Subfunction: Executive direction and management (802).

Agency Contact: Phillip B. Larsen, Acting Assistant to the Director for Administration, OMB. 395-5163.

The OMB project described in this technical staff paper took about three years of intermittent study and development. In its initial form it was designed to provide the data to the OMB leadership in order to assist in sharpening their perspective of the budget. As the system developed, it became possible to publish the results--initially in a staff paper entitled, 'Federal Budget Outlays in Constant Dollars' (OMB; April 2, 1974). Later data were published in the OMB data tables in Federal Government Finances and in the 1976 Budget-in-Brief. Data are currently available for the years 1940-1974 on 'actual' basis and for 1975 and 1976 on the basis of the estimates in the 1976 budget. The paper discusses the background and need to produce budget outlay data on a constant dollar basis, critical issues with regard to the OMB method of deflation, and the application of the basic principles. Tables show budget outlays in current and constant dollars consistent with the 1976 Budget, and the basic indexes used.

Office of the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations (STR)

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The Special Trade Representative's Centralized Data Base (STRCDB).

Budget Function/Subfunction: Executive direction and management (802).

Agency Contact: Steven J. Falken, Director of Management Information Systems. 395-3395.

The Special Trade Representative's Centralized Data Base (STRCDB) supports economic and statistical analysis of trade-related data which bear on trade negotiations, particularly the current round of multilateral trade negotiations. The STR Centralized Data Base contains the Tariff Study information prepared by the Secretariat of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) for 1970 and 1971, and the U.S. Trade and Tariff Data for 1970 through 1973. The GATT Tariff Study data identifies import categories for each of the 11 reporting parties (United States, Canada, European Economic Community, Japan, Austria, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Australia, and New Zealand), by the Brussels Tariff Nomenclature four-digit number and the applicable national tariff line classification code. The major information stored for each of the tariff lines includes: tariff line description, tariff rate, GATT binding status, the countries from which the products were imported, the dollar value of imports from each country, and the trade relationship between the importing and exporting countries. The U.S. data identify the U.S. imports by the Tariff Schedule United States (TSUS) Number. The major information recorded for each TSUS number is: TSUŠ description, tariff rate, the countries from which the products were imported, the gross and net quantities of imports from each country, the Gross and Net FOB and CIF dollar values of imports from each country, and the duties collected on imports. The STR Centralized Data Base is currently an analytical resource available to Federal Agencies concerned with trade negotiations and is not used for recurring production of regular outputs.

Department of Agriculture

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*USDA Data Inventory. Office of Information Systems, USDA. 1973-1974. 7 vols.

Budget Function/Subfunction: Agricultural research and services (352).

Agency Contact: Peter J. Doyle, Chief, Paperwork Management Branch, Management Division. 447-5725.

The USDA Data Inventory provides a concise listing and description of the data files used or produced by agencies within the Department. Each of the first six volumes contains the program data requirements for one or two of the missions of the Department. (A mission is a grouping of Department-wide goals that characterize the Department's role in solving broad, national problems. The 10 missions are comprehensive and include all activities of USDA.) These volumes are: (1) Agricultural Exports. Foreign Agricultural Development; (2) Rural Development. Environmental Improvement and Resource Development and Use; (3) Support for Non-Federal Governments and Institutions. General Administration and Program Support; (4) Food and Nutrition. Consumer Services and Human Resource Development; (5) Agricultural Production and Marketing Efficiency; and (6) Farm Income. The seventh volume is a combined subject index which lists all subject terms contained in the preceding six volumes and the associated program data. Each of the first six volumes contains five sections in addition to the Introduction. Section II is the actual inventory of program data requirements reported by each agency as being used or produced in support of a program for which they have responsibility. They are listed alphabetically by title within a Department mission. Each entry in this inventory provides descriptive information about the data requirement as follows: data inventory number, title, the agency that reported use of the data, the time period to which the data relate, the accessibility of the data, the mode of processing currently being used, Program Data Requirement Identification number, subject index terms which describe the general subject matter contents of the requirement, an abstract describing the contents of the data included within the requirement, and the division, branch, or unit that can respond to questions concerning the data.

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*USDA Budget Status Source Data.

Budget Function/Subfunction: Agricultural research and services (352).

Agency Contact: Stephen B. Dewhurst, Budget Division, Office of Management and Finance. 447-6176.

These files are used to generate summaries for the Secretary's and the President's Budget Review of the USDA. Summaries are made by appropriation, account, function, office, mission, operating goal, title, and program for the ten Program Resource Measures and eight years of data. The Program Resource Measures covered are: budget authority, budget outlays, loan repayments, proprietary receipts, insured loan level, guaranteed loan level, direct loan level, grant level, program level, and man-years. There are 312 programs distributed among 11 missions, 40 operating goals, 129 appropriations, 12 functions, and 17 sub-functions. One or more of the Program Resource Measures are identi

fied by each of the 312 programs. A given program can be in one and only one mission and operating goal; but, it may appear in more than one appropriation function, or sub-function. The number of programs reported by a given office ranges from one to fifty-two. These items of data are supplied by each office for its respective programs to be summarized by appropriation, mission, operating goals, etc. Each year's data are given in Dollars by Program Resource Measure except for man-years, which is a measure of manpower used in a given program. These data are forwarded to the Data Services Unit of the Budget Division in the Office of Management and Finance. The offices submitting data must follow a set of guidelines established by the Program Structure Dictionary and a set of general instructions. The data files are classified as 'administratively confidential, for office use only. Each year program data from the system are forwarded to OMB and the Program Financial Plan (PFP) is produced for Departmental use in analyzing the programs of the Department. The PFP contains Targets and Resource information about the Department's programs.

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Program Evaluation Inventory. Office of Planning and Evaluation, USDA. 1 vol. (loose-leaf).

Budget Function/Subfunction: Agricultural research and services (352).

Public Availability: Office of Planning and Evaluation, USDA.

Agency Contact: John Fedkin, Deputy Director, Office of Planning and Evaluation. 447-7963.

This (USDA) Program Evaluation Inventory consists of a collection of one-page summaries of completed ex post facto program evaluation studies on the effectiveness and impacts of USDA programs. A Program Evaluation Inventory Record (PEIR) is included for each evaluation study completed by or for USDA agenecies under the USDA Program Evaluation System, and for selected studies completed and published by non-USDA sources. Each PEIR briefly summarizes the study finding, assesses the quality and reliability of the study, and identifies potential implications for policy and program decision-making. The Inventory is updated as additional USDA program evaluations are completed and relevant evaluations from non-USDA sources become available. PIERS in the inventory are arranged by agency and program, or program groupings, within the following Assistant Secretary or Director areas: Agricultural Economics; International Affairs and Commodity Programs; Conservation, Research, and Education; Marketing and Consumer Services; and Rural Development.

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List of Available Publications of the United States Department of Agriculture. Compiled by Mattie W. Johnson. Publications Division, Office of Communication. List No. 11. December 1973. 190 pp.

Budget Function/Subfunction: Agricultural research and services (352); Farm income stabilization (351).

Public Availability: On request to the Publications Division, USDA.

Agency Contact: H. Nelson Fitton, Director, Publications Division. 447-6623.

This book lists the publications of the U.S. Department of Agriculture available as of July 1973. Department publications are intended primarily for farmers, consumers, homemakers, suburbanites, research workers, teachers, and others who are interested in agriculture or related subjects. Titles of publications are listed and are classified by subject matter, i.e., agricultural economics, agricultural engineering, animal science, etc. The book also contains a list of the publications in alphabetical order.

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Agricultural Statistics, 1974. Melvin L. Koehn, and others. 1974. 619 pp.

Budget Function/Subfunction: Agricultural research and services (352).

Public Availability: GPO, Stock No. 0100-03335, $6. Agency Contact: H. Nelson Fitton, Director, Publications Division. 447-6623.

This report is published each year as a reference book on agricultural production, supplies, consumption, facilities, costs, and returns. The tables of annual data cover a wide variety of facts in forms most suited to common use. Most of the data is compiled by the Department of Agriculture (USDA), but a few tables are prepared by other Government agencies. Historical series are generally restricted to data beginning 1959 or later. Some series carry a reference in the source note to the 1972 Agricultural Statistics, where comparable data for earlier years may be found (1929 for principal crops, 1930 for livestock, 1944 for fruits and vegetables). United States foreign agricultural trade statistics include Government as well as non-Government shipments of merchandise from the United States and Territories to foreign countries. Statistics in many tables represent actual counts of the items covered, as in foreign trade, and Government programs. A large number of other tables contain data that are estimates made by the USDA. Estimates for crops, livestock, and poultry are prepared mainly to give timely current state and national totals and averages. These data are obtained by sample surveys of farmers and people who do business with farmers.

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Federal Assistance Programs Retrieval System (FAPRS). Budget Function/Subfunction: Area and regional development (452).

Agency Contact: Paul Kugler, Director, Plans and Programs Staff, Rural Development Service. 447-2578.

This system provides information to local community leaders on rural development programs for which their communities meet the basic eligibility criteria. Under the FAPRS program a local public official can contact an agricultural service center and receive information on a specific project requiring Federal assistance for which his community is eligible. It is also planned to make the system available to local multicounty regional commissions operating in rural areas on a cost-sharing basis. The system works in the following manner: A local public official will request information on the availability of Federal financial assistance for a community project. The official selects a single choice from a list of community needs, such as community facilities or business and industry. Based upon this initial selection, a more narrowed listing of programs will be offered for selection.

Based upon the official's selection from this list, a number of questions are asked which aid in determining the eligibility of the community for Federally funded programs. Once these questions have been answered the computer prints out by program name all of the relevant programs for which the community meets the basic eligibility criteria and which have an appropriation or continuing resolution for the current fiscal year. All program titles and number identifications are keyed to the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance, which is used for the initial screening of programs. Throughout the country, this system will identify programs responsive to the development needs of rural communities. It will enable leaders of the rural communities to employ a single source of specifically applicable information concerning needed Federally funded programs for their communities, rather than doing research to find which programs are available to them. Information supporting this system is obtained directly from the program manager for each program contained in the system.

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Guide to Federal Programs for Rural Development. Fourth Edition. John A. Baker. Rural Development Service, USDA. March 1975. 262 pp. + appendices. Budget Function/Subfunction: Area and regional development (452).

Public Availability: On request to the Rural Development Service.

Agency Contact: James Madison, Information Officer, Rural Development Service. 447-6557.

This reference handbook organizes and summarizes all available Federal assistance for rural development. The guide was designed for local leaders in rural communities to stimulate economic growth while maintaining the unique character and style of town and country living. Information is covered in five major categories: Jobs, Business, Industries; Community Facilities; Community Functions and Services; Housing and Planning; and Coordination. Categories are presented in chapters, each devoted to a specific rural community improvement function for which related or matching Federal assistance programs exist, and includes the government wide approach to the problem. This brings different department and agency resources all under one chapter heading. All programs with similar objectives are listed in juxtaposition regardless of organization at the Federal level. Individual programs are in summary form and alphabetically arranged under chapter headings. Cross references are used to avoid repetition. Appendices are also included.

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Rural Electrification and Telephone Data Files. Budget Function/Subfunction: Area and regional development (452).

Agency Contact: Marvin T. Hearst, Management Services Division, Rural Electrification Administration. 447-4472.

The Loan Accounting System reflects the indebtedness of REA electric distribution, power supply, and telephone borrowers to the Rural Electrification Administration and the Rural Telephone Bank. Financial and statistical information about the operations of REA and its electric and telephone borrowers is collected annually. Data are obtained directly from required operating reports submitted to REA by its borrowers. The system's

files contain records of the advance of loan funds to borrowers and the billing and collection of loan payments from borrowers for both REA and RTB loans. Detail of the file includes income and balance sheet data and plant and operating data for REA borrowers. File records include note amounts, cumulative advances, principal balance, principal and interest paid, installment rates and amounts, unpaid billings, and agreement control dates. Statistical summary files are updated monthly from the detail files on new loans and guarantee commitments. Detail files include class of borrower, amount of loan, loan funds by purpose, miles of line and consumers or subscribers served. An annual report is produced from these files.

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Agricultural Marketing Service Annual Report.

Budget Function/Subfunction: Agricultural research and services (352).

Agency Contact: Peter J. Doyle, Chief, Paperwork Management Branch, Management Division. 447-5725.

This is a narrative and statistical report on past fiscal year programs, by fund and activity, of each Division within the Agricultural Marketing Service. It is assembled by the Marketing Programs Branch, Financial Management Division.

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State Agricultural Marketing Improvement Projects (Data Base).

Budget Function/Subfunction: Public assistance and other income supplements (604).

Agency Contact: Peter J. Doyle, Chief, Paperwork Management Branch, Management Division. 447-5725.

Information is provided by cooperating states and used by the Federal-State Marketing Improvement Program of the Agricultural Marketing Service. Project proposals contain a definitive statement of the work to be done and the cost and time required. Regular progress reports are also prepared. The material is assembled by the Marketing Programs Branch, Financial Management Division of the Agricultural Marketing Service.

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Agricultural Commodity Situation Reports.

Budget Function/Subfunction: Agricultural research and services (352).

Agency Contact: Peter J. Doyle, Chief, Paperwork Management Branch, Management Division. 447-5725.

Data are published monthly on production, market movement, stocks, consumption, prices, foreign trade and commodity outlook; also, demand price and farm situation on the following commodities: cotton, fats and oils, feed, fruit, livestock, poultry and eggs, vegetables, wheat and wool. The data are compiled by the Trading Division of the Commodity Exchange Authority.

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Normal U.S. Crop Production (Data Base).

Budget Function/Subfunction: Farm income stabilization (351).

Agency Contact: Peter J. Doyle, Chief, Paperwork Management Branch, Management Division. 447-5725.

This data base contains current year information including acreage of specific crops, total quantity of production by type, and comparisons with previous years production of most agricultural crops. Data are by state and include a national summary. The Environmental Quality and Land Use Staff of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service manages the system.

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U.S. Agricultural Export and Import Data System.

Budget Function/Subfunction: Agricultural research and services (352); Foreign economic and financial assistance (151).

Agency Contact: Peter J. Doyle, Chief, Paperwork Management Branch, Management Division. 447-5725.

This system provides monthly summaries of U.S. imports and exports of agricultural commodities. Import data include country of origin, customs district of entry, import type, economic class, and rate provision. Data include both quantity and value in units for both general imports and exports for consumption. Export data including country of destination and customs district of export. Data include both quantity and value in units. The data are compiled by the Office of Reports and Statistics of the Foreign Agricultural Service.

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Foreign Supply and Distribution of Agricultural Commodities (Data Base).

Budget Function/Subfunction: Agricultural research and services (352).

Agency Contact: Peter J. Doyle, Chief, Paperwork Management Branch, Management Division. 447-5725.

The data base contains a 10-year history of agricul tural commodities: production and area harvested data by country and marketing year; a limited number of commodities with supply and distribution data. Data are extracted from attache reports and/or commodity publications. The Office of Reports and Statistics of the Foreign Agricultural Service operates the system.

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Export Credit Program (System).

Budget Function/Subfunction: Foreign economic and financial assistance (151).

Agency Contact: Peter J. Doyle, Chief, Paperwork Management Branch, Management Division. 447-5725.

This system includes data on monetary limitations on program activities authorized by country and commodity under the program (Line of Credit): approvals and registrations against the lines of credit; disbursements, including the actual quantity and value of commodities; repayment schedules and total financing outstanding. The Assistant to the General Sales Manager (Management) of the Export Marketing Service directs the system.

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Worldwide Agricultural Information Collection System.

Budget Function/Subfunction: Agricultural research and services (352).

Agency Contact: Louis G. Davis, Acting Assistant Administrator Foreign Agricultural Service. 447-3448.

The Foreign Agricultural Service operates one of the largest, most comprehensive, agricultural intelligence systems in the world. The State Department provides some scheduled and alert reporting on a reimbursable basis for strategic countries without an attache post. Eighty foreign professionals assist 94 U.S. professionals at 63 attache posts to collect, compile, and partially analyze data from over 100 countries. In 1974, over 3,100 scheduled and voluntary commodity reports covering over 50 major commodities, and 150 minor commodities, weather, political and economic factors and related information which affects American agriculture were sent to FAS in Washington. The scheduled commodity reports are submitted annually for all commodities--some are submitted semi-annually, and others submitted quarterly. The countries submitting Agricultural Highlight reports do so on a monthly basis for all commodities. The annual commodity reports are summaries of the previous year situation for that commodity, along with an outlook of what can be expected for the coming year. The semiannual and quarterly reports are updates of the situation since the last report. The reports are received in FAS/W at a central location where they are duplicated and distributed throughout government and to the public upon request. The original report is filed in the Reports and Records office of FAS. The reports distributed to the FAS Commodity Divisions and to the Economic Research Service (ERS) are used as source documents to put together the world picture of that commodity production, supply and distribution for a designated period. The world picture is then published in one or several FAS and ERS publications and distributed nationally and internationally.

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Current Research Information System (CRIS).

Budget Function/Subfunction: Agricultural research and services (352).

Agency Contact: John Myers, Director, CRIS. 447-7273.

The CRIS maintains an information base of research efforts sponsored by six USDA agencies (Agricultural Research Service, Forest Service, Economic Research Service, Cooperative State Research Service, Farmer Cooperative Service, Statistical Reporting Service), 53 state agricultural experiment stations, and 25 other cooperating state institutions. Approximately 24,000 project descriptions are currently in CRIS. The total description for each current unit consists of a research resume, a classification report, a funds and manpower report, and a progress report. The two latter reports are submitted annually, while new resumes and classifications are submitted for revised projects. All input documents are classified and coded in accordance with the Department-wide classification scheme, 'Manual of Classification of Agricultural and Forestry Research.' Categories include: type of research (basic, applied, developmental); activity or general purpose; general and specialized commodities; field of science or discipline; research problem area; special-interest categories such as pesticides, pollution, weather, medical, or healthrelated; and percentage of effort in each category. The major information retrieval output is the Standard Technical Retrieval (Form AD 357). This format includes basic fields of project identification (e.g., accession

number, responsible agency, investigators, contract or grant number), as well as descriptive textual fields such as title, objective, keywords, and publications. The other significant output of CRIS varies according to the needs of the requester. Custom reports can be developed which, by means of extensive formatting capabilities in the retrieval subsystem, provide for any number of combinations of data elements in a variety of formats. Virtually all data elements (almost 100) are accessible for retrieval purposes. The average time between receipt of a query and delivery is two weeks, with many requests being processed in less time. CRIS processes about 150 information requests per month. At present CRIS is not set up to handle requests from private individuals or agribusiness firms, but all government agencies and affiliated institutions are eligible for service at no cost.

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National Forest System.

Budget Function/Subfunction: Conservation and land management (302).

Agency Contact: Hoyt Abney, Reports Officer, Forest Service. 447-3957.

The Forest Service has a central information system with subsystems that support functional operations. The system contains information and data on the following subjects: timber management on National Forest lands, including sales, reforestation, and inventories; management of forage and livestock on National Forest lands; forest fire data and prevention programs; watershed and numerals management; national forest lands status and ownership; recreation and wildlife in national forests; and engineering designs and construction.

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National Agricultural Library.

Budget Function/Subfunction: Agricultural research and services (352).

Agency Contact: Richard A. Farley, Director, National Agricultural Library. (301) 344-3778.

The National Agricultural Library (NAL) is the central scientific and technical information organization for the Department of Agriculture and, in its field, for the whole country. It collects and processes documents on a range of subjects focused on agriculture and directly related fields. The physical collection contains over one and onehalf million documents. The Library operates the computerized Cataloging and Indexing system (CAIN). The CAIN data base contains bibliographic data on documents acquired by the NAL on a worldwide basis in the broad field of agriculture, including agricultural economics and rural sociology, agricultural products, animal industry engineering, entomology, food, and human nutrition, forestry, pesticides, plant science, soils and fertilizers, and other related subject fields. It includes both monographs and journal articles. Tapes from the CAIN system are used in the production of the Bibliography of Agriculture by a commercial publisher and in the production of 'Agrindex', an international bibliography sponsored by the FAO. The CAIN data base is also accessible through an on-line computer service. The Library is a key participant in the Agricultural Sciences Information Network. Through the Network, libraries of land grant educational institutions, state and regional resource libraries, and the NAL cooperate to improve the