COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS JAMIE L. WHITTEN, Mississippi, Chairman EDWARD P. BOLAND, Massachusetts NEAL SMITH, Iowa JOSEPH P. ADDABBO, New York TOM BEVILL, Alabama JOHN P. MURTHA, Pennsylvania JOSEPH D. EARLY, Massachusetts LINDY (MRS. HALE) BOGGS, Louisiana WILLIAM LEHMAN, Florida MARTIN OLAV SABO, Minnesota VIC FAZIO, California W. G. (BILL) HEFNER, North Carolina LES AUCOIN, Oregon DANIEL K. AKAKA, Hawaii WES WATKINS, Oklahoma WILLIAM H. GRAY, III, Pennsylvania BERNARD J. DWYER, New Jersey SILVIO O. CONTE, Massachusetts J. KENNETH ROBINSON, Virginia CLAIR W. BURGENER, California JOHN EDWARD PORTER, Illinois KEITH F. MAINLAND, Clerk and Staff Director JOAN S. WALLACE, ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATION CLAUDE W. GIFFORD, ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY, OFFICE OF GOVERNMENTAL AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS JEANNE M. STANEK, BUDGET OFFICER, OFFICE OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCE STEPHEN B. DEWHURST, AGRICULTURE BUDGET OFFICER, DEPARTMENT OF WILLIAM J. MILLS, ACTING HEAD, RESOURCE MANAGEMENT STAFF, OFFICE OF GOVERNMENTAL AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS OPENING REMARKS Mr. WHITTEN. The Committee will come to order. We have with us today Dr. Joan Wallace, Assistant Secretary for Administration, Claude W. Gifford, Acting Assistant Secretary, Office of Governmental and Public Affairs, and their associates. We are glad to have you before us, and I will let you proceed in your own way. I believe you know Mrs. Smith, our ranking Republican member of the subcommittee. She has been active in agricultural matters quite a while. Dr. WALLACE. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Let me introduce Ms. Jeanne Stanek, who is Budget Officer for the Office of the Secretary and the Departmental Administration, and you know Mr. Gifford, Steve Dewhurst, and Mr. William Mills. Mr. Whitten. We will include the biographical sketch of Mr. Gifford. [The information follows:] BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF CLAUDE W. GIFFORD Claude W. Gifford is serving temporarily as Acting Assistant Secretary of Governmental and Public Affairs. Over the last 91⁄2 years he has served in the Department of Agriculture as Director and Deputy Director of Public Affairs. During this time he has served on the Advisory Council on Printing and Publication Services, Government Printing Office; on the Federal Audiovisual Committee; |