Separation of Office of Communication and Office of Public Affairs, U.S. Department of Agriculture

    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Gifford, Claude W. (author / Director, Office of Communication, U.S. Department of Agriculture)
    Format:
    policy statement
    Publication Date:
    1974-01-01
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 67 Document Number: D10745
    Subject Term:
    communication units, ethical issues, government policies, government services, information issues, information services, politics, public information, role, bias, farm policies, USDA (United States Department of Agriculture), objectivity, and public agencies
    Notes:
    Claude W. Gifford Collection. Beyond his materials in the ACDC collection, the Claude W. Gifford Papers, 1919-2004, are deposited in the University of Illinois Archives. Serial Number 8/3/81. Locate finding aid at https://archives.library.illinois.edu/archon/, Claude W. Gifford Collection. 4 pages., Considerations involved in separating the program information function of USDA from the policy information function. They focused, for example, on efforts proposed by the American Agricultural Editors' Association to "be objective in playing an educational role rather than a promotional role in explaining farm programs, referendums and related policy matters."

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