FAIR Act Report - Agriculture Department

This list includes all activities performed by federal employees that could be outsourced to private firms, as reported by the department. Activities that are considered "inherently governmental" are not included on the list.
USDA Division* Jobs
Agriculture Marketing Service (AMS) 2,931
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) 4,176
Agricultural Research Service (ARS) 986.98
Departmental Administration (DA) 288
Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) 580
Forest Service (FS) 23,013.58
Farm Service Agency (FSA) 1,099.75
Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) 800
Grain Inspection, Packers & Stockyard Adm. (GIPSA) 40
National Appeals Division (NAD) 29
Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO) 1,436
Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) 217
Rural Development (RD) 758
Risk Management Agency (RMA) 285.5
Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) 11,780
TOTAL JOBS 48,420.81

* For more detailed data by agency, you can view this table. The table is very large, and the data is formatted differently from agency to agency.

Data for the Natural Resources Conservation Service is available only in spreadsheet format Excel.