The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basesof race, color, national origin, gender religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, or marital orfamily status. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) Person with disabilities who require alternativemeans for communication of program information (Braille, large print, audio tape, etc.) should contact USDA’sTARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD).To file a complaint of discrimination, write USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, Room 326-W, Whitten Building,14th and Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250-9410 or call (202) 720-5964 (voice and TDD). USDA isan equal opportunity provider and employer.
This Action Plan is a joint effort of the sub-Cabinet level Interagency Working Groupon Food Security (IWG) and the non-governmental Food Security Advisory Commit-tee (FSAC), a subcommittee of the Board for International Food and Agricultural Development. Alist of IWGand FSACmembers can be found in the appendixes.
T
HE
IWG
IS CO
-
CHAIRED BY
:
August Schumacher, Jr.
Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural ServicesU.S. Department of Agriculture
Frank E. Loy
Under Secretary of State for Global AffairsU.S. Department of State
J. Brian Atwood
AdministratorU.S. Agency for International Development
T
HE DOMESTIC SUBGROUP OF THE
IWG
IS CO
-
CHAIRED BY
:
Shirley Watkins
Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer ServicesU.S. Department of Agriculture
David Satcher, M.D., Ph.d.
Assistant Secretary for Health and Surgeon GeneralU.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Q
UESTIONS REGARDING THE
A
CTION
P
LAN MAY BE DIRECTED TO
:
Mary Ann Keeffe
National Food Security CoordinatorForeign Agricultural ServiceStop 1081U.S. Department of AgricultureWashington, DC 20250-1081Tel. (202) 690-0855; Fax. (202) 720-6103
Issue Date: March 1999
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