Ed Schafer was sworn in as the 29th Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on January 28, 2008.

This FY 2008 Performance and Accountability Report (PAR) is the year-end progress report of USDA. It reviews the strategic goals and objectives the Department set for itself at the beginning of the fiscal year and compares initial targets to actual performance.

The USDA AES was administered to all USDA employees between December 3, 2007 through December 31, 2007 in electronic and paper form.