(a) Combination of offices requiredWhere practicable and to the extent consistent with efficient, effective, and improved service, the Secretary shall combine field offices of agencies within the Department to reduce personnel and duplicative overhead expenses.
(b) Joint use of resources and offices requiredWhen two or more agencies of the Department share a common field office, the Secretary shall require the agencies to jointly use office space, equipment, office supplies, administrative personnel, and clerical personnel associated with that field office.
Structure US Code
CHAPTER 98— DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE REORGANIZATION
SUBCHAPTER I— GENERAL REORGANIZATION AUTHORITIES
§ 6912. Authority of Secretary to delegate transferred functions
§§ 6913, 6914. Repealed. , (3), ,
§ 6915. Combination of field offices
§ 6916. Improvement of information sharing
§ 6918. Assistant Secretaries of Agriculture
§ 6919. Military Veterans Agricultural Liaison
§ 6920. Office of Energy Policy and New Uses
§ 6921. Office of Tribal Relations
§ 6922. Office of Homeland Security
§ 6923. Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production