98-4861. Public Briefings on Development of a U.S. Action Plan on Food Security

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 38 (Thursday, February 26, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 9777]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-4861]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Public Briefings on Development of a U.S. Action Plan on Food 
Security

AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a public workshop regarding 
development of the domestic portion of a U.S. Action Plan on Food 
Security will be held on March 6, 1998. The workshop is for the purpose 
of briefing the public on the domestic food security discussion paper, 
responding to questions and receiving individual reactions to the paper 
in order to facilitate public participation in the process of 
developing the U.S. Action Plan on Food Security.

DATES: The workshop on the domestic paper will be on March 6, 1998, 9 
a.m. to 4 p.m. in Room 107A, Administration Building, U.S. Department 
of Agriculture in Washington, D.C.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meeting is open to the public. The 
discussion paper is available from the Office of the National Food 
Security Coordinator, Foreign Agricultural Service, Room 3008 South 
Building, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 14th and Independence Ave., 
SW, Washington, D.C. 20250 telephone [phone] or fax (202) 720-
6103. The paper is also posted on the U.S. Government Food Security 
Home Page (http://www.fas.usda.gov/icd/summit/summit.html).

    Signed in Washington, D.C. February 19, 1998.
Lon Hatamiya,
Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service.
[FR Doc. 98-4861 Filed 2-25-98; 8:45 am]
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