RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURE, AND HEARINGS BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDREDTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION SUBCOMMITTEE ON RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURE, AND ROBERT B. FOSTER and TIMOTHY K. SANDERS, Staff Assistants PART 4 Office of the Secretary Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Agricultural Cooperative Servic.............. Office of Transportation ........ Foreign Agricultural Service Office of the General Sales Manager Office of International Cooperation and Development Printed for the use of the Committee on Appropriations 84-651 O U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office Page 1 205 517 563 613 731 821 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS JAMIE L. WHITTEN, Mississippi, Chairman EDWARD P. BOLAND, Massachusetts SIDNEY R. YATES, Illinois BILL CHAPPELL, JR., Florida JOHN P. MURTHA, Pennsylvania BOB TRAXLER, Michigan JOSEPH D. EARLY, Massachusetts LINDY (MRS. HALE) BOGGS, Louisiana MARTIN OLAV SABO, Minnesota JULIAN C. DIXON, California 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 STENY H. HOYER, Maryland BOB CARR, Michigan SILVIO O. CONTE, Massachusetts JOHN EDWARD PORTER, Illinois JIM KOLBE, Arizona ROBERT J. MRAZEK, New York RICHARD J. DURBIN, Illinois RONALD D. COLEMAN, Texas ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia LINDSAY THOMAS, Georgia FREDERICK G. MOHRMAN, Clerk and Staff Director RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURE, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1989 FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1988. USDA OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY WITNESSES JOHN J. FRANKE, JR., ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATION LARRY WILSON, JR., DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT CONSTANCE D. GILLAM, BUDGET OFFICER, OFFICE OF FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT STEPHEN B. DEWHURST, BUDGET OFFICER, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE OPENING REMARKS Mr. WHITTEN. The committee will come to order. We have with us today Mr. John J. Franke, Jr., Assistant Secretary for Administration, and his associates. Since this is Mr. Wilson's first appearance before the Committee, we will include his biographical sketch in the record at this time. [The information follows:] BIOGRAPHY OF LARRY WILSON, JR. Larry Wilson became the Director of the Office of Finance and Management on January 6, 1988. In this capacity, he is the Department's Chief Financial Officer and Comptroller of the Working Capital Fund. Prior to this appointment, he had served as Deputy Director of the Office of Finance and Management since 1982. Before coming to USDA, he was Vice President of Administration and Finance at the University of the District of Columbia and at Virginia State University. He also worked in the private sector as a comptroller and a financial analyst. A North Carolina native, Wilson holds a B.S. in accounting from North Carolina Central University, an M.B.A. from St. John's University and an Ed.D. in Administration from Virginia Polytechnic Institute. He received USDA's Distinguished Service Award in 1984. Mr. WHITTEN. Indeed, we're glad to have you. We'll be glad to have you present your case as you see fit. Mr. FRANKE. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. WHITTEN. Mrs. Smith and I, we work while others buzz around, you'll notice. Mr. FRANKE. I understand. [Laughter.] I appreciate that, Mr. Chairman. I think you know Mr. Larry Wilson, who is our Director of the Office of Finance and Management. Ms. Connie Gillam is our Budget Officer for Departmental Administration, and I think you probably have met Mr. Dewhurst. |