USDA Releases Payment Information

摘要

IN RESPONSE to a Freedom of Information Act(FOIA)request,USDA has released information from the Permitted Entity File(PEF)and from the Section 1614 Database in August.The PEF,created in the late '70s as a tool to administer farm program payment limitations,maintains records on the relationship between a parent entity and all embedded entities and individuals within them,but does not include information on how a parent entity distributes dollars among its members.Entities include:corporations,joint stock companies,associations,limited partnerships,limited liability partnerships,limited liability companies,irrevocable trusts,revocable trusts,estates,charitable organizations.Cooperatives are not considered entities and are not contained in the PEF.