The National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) of the U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is soliciting nominations for the Advisory Committee on Agriculture Statistics. The announcement appeared in the Federal Register (77 FR 40323, July 9, 2012). The purpose of the Committee is to advise the Secretary of Agriculture on the scope, timing, content, etc., of the periodic censuses and surveys of agriculture, other related surveys, and the types of information to obtain from respondents concerning agriculture. The Committee also prepares recommendations regarding the content of agriculture reports and presents the views and needs for data of major suppliers and users of agriculture statistics.

The text of the NASS solicitation can be found at: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-07-09/pdf/2012-16671.pdf