Freedom to E-File Act Hearing on Agriculture, U.S. House of Representatives

Summary: Hearing on H.R. 851 to require the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) to establish an electronic filing system to enable the public to file all required paperwork electronically with the USDA & to have access to public info. on farm programs, quarterly trade, economic, & production reports, & other information. Witnesses: Rep. Eva Clayton, Bob Goodlatte, Ray LaHood, David Phelps, & Greg Walden; Wayne Dollar, Georgia Fa...rm Bureau, for the Amer. Farm Bureau Fdn.; Ira Hobbs, Deputy Chief Info. Officer, USDA; Steve Komar, Fiserve, Inc.; Sheila Massey, Women Involved in Farm Economics; Paul Newton, Nat. Assoc. of County Office Employees; & Norbert Soltwedel, Nat. Assoc. of Credit Specialists. [read more]