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(AMS) Organizational Assessments of the Market News Program Conducted by Paradigm Technologies Inc Description of document: Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agriculture Marketing Service (AMS) organizational Assessments of the Market News program conducted by Paradigm Technologies Inc. and of the Livestock and Seed (L&S) Program Resource Management Office, conducted by FPMI Solutions Inc., 2012 Requested date: 04-February-2019 Release date: 22-February-2019 Posted date: 29-July-2019 Source of document: USDA, Agricultural Marketing Service FOIA Officer 1400 Independence Avenue, SW South Building, Rm. 2095 Stop 0203 Washington, DC 20250 Email: [email protected] The governmentattic.org web site (“the site”) is a First Amendment free speech web site, and is noncommercial and free to the public. The site and materials made available on the site, such as this file, are for reference only. 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Marketing Room 2095-S, STOP 0203 iliiillllllll Service Washington, DC 20250-0203 February 22, 2019 Delivered via Electronic Mail Re: Final Response to FOIA Request 2019-AMS-00076-F This is the final response to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, dated February 4, 2019, to the United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS). We received your request on February 5, 2019, which sought: [A] copy of the organizational assessment of the Livestock and Seed Administrative Office, conducted by FPMI Solutions, Incorporated. [A ]lso ... a copy of the organizational assessment of AMS Market News conducted by Paradigm Technologies Incorporated. The AMS FOIA staff works with subject matter experts across the Agency to locate responsive documents. For this request, searches were conducted within the Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News Division and within the Office of the Deputy Administrator, Livestock and Poultry Program. The Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News Division provides the agricultural industry with accurate and unbiased marketing information depicting current conditions relating to the trade of livestock, poultry, meat, wool, grain, and feedstuffs that will promote orderly marketing and enhance competition. Further, the Livestock and Poultry Program's, Office of the Deputy Administrator supervises a wide range of the Agency's programs related to the livestock, meat, poultry, egg, fish, and grain industries as well as regulatory and support functions that extend to other commodities. AMS' searches were conducted on February 7, 2019. These searches provided responsive records in AMS' control on that date. We have processed 271 pages that are responsive to your request. After a thorough review, we have determined that they may be released in their entirety. Accordingly, this request is granted in full. This concludes processing of your request. You may appeal this response within 90 days from the date of this letter. Your appeal should be clearly marked to indicate that it contains a FOIA appeal and include specific reasons why you believe modification of the initial action is warranted. Any such appeal should be in writing and addressed to: Page 2 Bruce Summers Administrator Agricultural Marketing Service 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Stop 0201, Room 3071 Washington, D.C. 20250-0201 If you have any questions about the way this request was handled, please contact JoAnna Gorsage at (202) 378-2575 or [email protected]. If you have general questions or concerns regarding AMS' FOIA procedures or regulations, please contact our FOIA Public Liaison, Bill Allen, at (202) 720-3785 or via email at [email protected]. Additionally, you may contact the Office of Government Information Services (OGIS) to inquire about the FOIA mediation services they offer. The contact information for OGIS is as follows: Office of Government Information Services, National Archives and Records Administration, 8601 Adelphi Road-OGIS, College Park, Maryland 20740-6001, e-mail at [email protected]; telephone at (202) 741-5770; toll-free at 1-(877) 684-6448; or facsimile at (202) 741-5769. Thank you for your interest in AMS programs and policies. Sincerely, Mark R. Brook FOIA Officer Agricultural Marketing Service Enclosure Market News Program Organizational Assessment Final Report Organizational Assessment Final Report ( Version 1.2) Addendum ORGANIZATIONAL ASSESSMENT UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) AGRICULTURE MARKETING SERVICE (AMS) MARKET NEWS PROGRAM Contract No. AG-6395-S-11-DO1109475 Date Submitted: June 29, 2012 Submitted to: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Ms Audrina Lange Assistant to the Director USDA Agricultural Marketing Service Fruit & Vegetable Market News 1400 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20250-0235 Submitted by: Paradigm Technologies, Inc. A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of ECS 689 Discovery Drive, Suite 302 Huntsville, Alabama 35806 Phone 256.382.0470 Market News Program Organizational Assessment Final Report Table of Contents PREFACE .................................................................................................................................................................... 8 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ......................................................................................................................................... 9 1.0 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................ 15 1.1 ORGANIZATIONAL ASSESSMENT OBJECTIVES ................................................................................................ 15 1.2 ORGANIZATIONAL ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY .......................................................................................... 15 1.3 OVERVIEW OF THE MARKET NEWS PROGRAM AND SERVICE OFFERINGS ...................................................... 17 1.3.1 Cotton & Tobacco Market News (CMN) ............................................................................................. 17 1.3.2 Dairy Market News (DMN) ................................................................................................................. 18 1.3.3 Fruit & Vegetable Market News (FVMN) ............................................................................................ 19 1.3.4 Livestock & Grain Market News (LGMN) ........................................................................................... 19 1.3.5 Poultry Market News & Analysis (PMNA) .......................................................................................... 20 1.4 AMS MN IMPACT ON THE AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY .................................................................................. 21 1.4.1 MN Strategic Alignment to AMS Mission ............................................................................................ 23 2.0 PHASE 1 – EVALUATION OF THE CURRENT ORGANIZATION ....................................................... 25 2.1 TASK 1 - DATA COLLECTION AND FACT FINDING .......................................................................................... 25 2.1.1 Process Scoping ................................................................................................................................... 25 2.1.2 Information Gathering ......................................................................................................................... 25 2.1.3 As-Is Processes & Workflows .............................................................................................................. 26 2.1.4 AMS Market News Reporting............................................................................................................... 27 2.1.5 AMS Market News Organizational Structure / Staffing ....................................................................... 28 2.1.5.1 AMS Market News Grade Distribution ........................................................................................................... 29 2.1.5.2 AMS Market News Geographical Disbursement ............................................................................................ 30 2.1.5.3 Overall Location and Staffing Allocation ....................................................................................................... 31 2.1.5.4 AMS Market News Staffing By Division & Location..................................................................................... 32 2.1.5.4.1 CMN Division Staff & Locations ......................................................................................................... 32 2.1.5.4.2 DMN Division Staff & Locations ......................................................................................................... 32 2.1.5.4.3 FVMN Division Staff & Locations ......................................................................................................
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