From: BRIAN NORRIS Sent: 09-09-93 14:47 Re: USDA REORGANIZATION AG SECRETARY PROPOSES TO MERGE NAL WITH NEW RESEARCH AGENCY The National Agricultural Library (NAL) will be merged into a new Agricultural Research and Education Service under a proposed reorganization of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced by USDA Secretary Mike Espy on September 7, 1993. Under the plan proposed by Secretary Espy, NAL will join USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Extension Service (ES) and Cooperative State Research Service (CSRS) to form the Agricultural Research and Education Service. With the reorganization, each of the four current USDA agencies would cease to exist as separate agencies. This is among numerous changes to USDA outlined by Secretary Espy in a September 7 speech before USDA employees in Washington,D.C. Further details are not available.