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Welcome to NPACOP's Online Quick Reference Guide! Individual chapters are listed below. Click on the chapter you want to see. All files are available for download and print for your own hard copy of the NPACOP Quick Reference Guide.

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Quick Reference Guide:

• Acknowledgements (.pdf)
• Preface (.pdf)
• Table of Contents (.pdf)
• Chapter 1 - Organization of USDA, REE, and ARS
• Chapter 2 - ODEO: Outreach, Diversity, and Equal Opportunity (Formerly Civil Rights)
• Chapter 3 - Annual Resource Management Plan
• Chapter 4 - Congressional Inquiries
• Chapter 5 - Correspondence
• Chapter 6 - Electronic Resources/Information Systems
• Chapter 7 - Ethics
• Chapter 8 - Foreign Visitors
• Chapter 9 - Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act
• Chapter 10 - Human Resources
• Chapter 11 - Manuscripts
• Chapter 12 - Patents and Technology Transfer
• Chapter 13 - Procurement
• Chapter 14 - Property
• Chapter 15 - Records Management
• Chapter 16 - Agricultural Research Information System (ARIS)
• Chapter 17 - Research Position Evaluation System (RPES)
• Chapter 18 - Safety, Health, and Environmental Management
• Chapter 19 - Telephones and Telecommunications
• Chapter 20 - Time and Attendance/Leave
• Chapter 21 - Travel
• Chapter 22 - Acronyms
• Chapter 23 - Weekly Activity Reports
• Chapter 24 - Awards Information Form
• Chapter 25 - Media Contacts and Public Relations
• Chapter 26 - Program Agreements
• Chapter 27 - Office of Scientific Quality Reviews
• Chapter 28 - Consolidated Assistance, Review, and Evaluation (CARE)
• Chapter 29 - Reminder Calendar
• Chapter 30 - Security