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0100- Departmental Directives System. Directives System management and operation; classification, distribution codes; and indexing.

DM0100-001 [PDF] (12/20/06) Procedures for Preparing Departmental Directives
DR0100-001 [HTM] [PDF] (12/20/06) Departmental Directives System

1000 - 1999 General Management and Administration

1000- Organization, Authorities, and Functions. Organization, statements of mission and function; delegations of authority; committees and boards; and intradepartmental relations.

DR1010-001 [HTM] [PDF] (07/20/06) Organization
DR1020-001 [HTM] [PDF] (03/23/90) National Agricultural Library
DR1020-002 [HTM] [PDF] (10/06/83) USDA Soil and Water Conservation Program
DR1020-004 [HTM] [PDF] (01/02/87) USDA Food and Nutrition Policy Statement
DR1020-005 [HTM] [PDF] (10/03/08) Native American Working Group
SM1030-063 [HTM] [PDF] (05/30/08) Delegation Of Authority Biomass Research and Development Act of 2000, As Amended
SM1030-065 [HTM] [PDF] (02/01/08) Reorganization of the Departmental Administration (DA) Office of Ethics (OE).
DR1041-001 [HTM] [PDF] (02/08/93) Advisory Committee Management
DR1041-002 [HTM] [PDF] (06/04/96) Diversity in Task Force and Committee Assignments
DR1042-019 [HTM] [PDF] (05/09/07) Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee
DR1042-042 [HTM] [PDF] (08/29/02) Agricultural Statistics Board
DR1042-053 [HTM] [PDF] (05/09/07) Plant Variety Protection Board
DR1042-061 [HTM] [PDF] (07/25/07) Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection
DR1042-068 [HTM] [PDF] (05/22/07) Advisory Committees for Trade APAC and ATACs
DR1042-070 [HTM] [PDF] (01/14/08) National Advisiory Council Maternal, Infant, Fetal Nutrition
DR1042-076 [HTM] [PDF] (10/18/00) Resource Conservation and Development Policy Advisory Board
DR1042-078 [HTM] [PDF] (10/30/84) Committee on Processed Foods
DR1042-105 [HTM] [PDF] (05/12/08) Reestablishment of Natl. Organic Standards Board (NOSB)
DR1042-106 [HTM] [PDF] (09/04/07) Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council
DR1042-110 [HTM] [PDF] (05/28/99) National Nutrition Monitoring Advisory Council
DR1042-119 [HTM] [PDF] (03/28/08) Advisory Committee on Beginning Farmers and Ranchers
DR1042-123 [HTM] [PDF] (10/25/06) Adv. Comm. On Emerging Markets
DR1042-126 [HTM] [PDF] (10/02/08) Task Force on Agriculture Air Quality Research
DR1042-127 [HTM] [PDF] (09/04/07) Edward R. Madigan USDA Export Excellence Board
DR1042-128 [HTM] [PDF] (06/30/08) CHARTER of the 2010 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee
DR1042-130 [HTM] [PDF] (04/03/07) Advisory Committee on Agriculture Statistics
DR1042-133 [HTM] [PDF] (05/01/08) Opal Creek Scenic Recreation Area Advisory Council
DR1042-135 [HTM] [PDF] (11/24/04) Land Between The Lakes Advisory Board
DR1042-138 [HTM] [PDF] (09/04/07) Collaborative Forest Restoration Program Technical Advisory Panel Federal Advisory Committee
DR1042-142 [HTM] [PDF] (09/04/07) Resource Advisory Committees For the State of Montana
DR1042-143 [HTM] [PDF] (03/05/07) Advisory Committee on Forest Counties Payments
DR1042-147 [HTM] [PDF] (03/05/07) Black Hills National Forest Advisory Board
DR1042-151 [HTM] [PDF] (04/03/07) Roadless Area Conservation National Advisory Committee
DR1042-152 [HTM] [PDF] (10/02/08) Recreation Resource Advisory Committees
DR1042-153 [HTM] [PDF] (03/08/07) Committee for the Expert Review of Synthesis and Assessment Product 4.3 (CERSAP)
DR1043-008 [HTM] [PDF] (10/02/08) Reestablishment of the General Conference Committee Of National Poultry Improvement Plan
DR1043-012 [HTM] [PDF] (01/11/83) The Food and Agriculture Council
DR1043-018 [HTM] [PDF] (06/30/05) USDA Dam Safety Committee
DR1043-019 [HTM] [PDF] (01/10/07) Grain Inspection Advisory Committee
DR1043-027 [HTM] [PDF] (11/13/07) Renewal of National Wildlife Services Advisory Committee
DR1043-028 [HTM] [PDF] (06/05/08) National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Food
DR1043-031 [HTM] [PDF] (08/07/07) Reestablishment of Advisory Committee on Foreign Animal and Poultry Diseases
DR1043-037 [HTM] [PDF] (06/05/08) Advisory Committees to the PIECS
DR1043-040 [HTM] [PDF] (07/01/96) Working Capital Fund Activities
DR1043-044 [HTM] [PDF] (08/05/08) Lake Tahoe Basin Federal Advisory Committee
DR1043-049 [HTM] [PDF] (02/02/07) Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture (AC21) Charter
DR1044-003 [HTM] [PDF] (08/24/84) Agency and Liaison Membership Committees
DR1044-004 [HTM] [PDF] (07/10/85) Subcommittee on Food and Fitness
DR1044-006 [HTM] [PDF] (05/22/91) USDA Forest Resources Coordinating Committee
DR1044-007 [HTM] [PDF] (05/23/94) Coordination of Nutrition Research & Education
DR1051-001 [HTM] [PDF] (06/13/05) Coordination of USDA Activities with Foreign Countries
DR1051-002 [HTM] [PDF] (12/22/04) International Activities and Agreements of USDA Agencies
SM1053-001 [HTM] [PDF] (07/01/08) Delegations of Authority Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008
SM1054-001 [HTM] [PDF] (10/21/08) Delegation of Authority Interagency Committee on Standards Policy (ICSP)
SM1055-001 [HTM] [PDF] (10/01/08) Delegation of Authority Section 9008 (“Biomass Research and Development”) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. § 8108) and Section 251(f) of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994
SM1056-001 [HTM] [PDF] (12/15/08) Establishment of the Office of Ecosystem Services and Markets