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Federal Downsizing: Buyouts at the Farm Service Agency

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date July 23, 1997
Report No. GGD-97-133
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Summary:

Faced with a need to cut its staff by more than 1,300 positions during fiscal year 1997, the Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency (FSA) designed its "buyout" program to help it reach its downsizing goals while minimizing the need for reductions-in- force. This report reviews voluntary separation incentives, or buyouts, at FSA. GAO (1) determines if FSA's fiscal year 1997 buyout program was planned in accordance with legal requirements; (2) determines if the decision to grant buyouts was based on a well-supported cost and savings analysis; and (3) describes the results of the fiscal year 1997 buyouts, including the impact of buyouts and downsizing on the agency's operations.

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