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Washington Post: What does rural mean? Uncle Sam has more than a dozen answers.

Posted Mon, 2013/06/10 - 9:54am by RCAP

On June 9, The Washington Post carried a front-page article about the federal government's multiple definitions of rural for the variety of programs it has for residents of those areas of the country.

USDA official discusses changing the definition of 'rural'

Posted Fri, 2013/03/08 - 4:50pm by RCAP

Writing for the Daily Yonder blog, Doug O'Brien, deputy undersecretary for Rural Development programs in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, weighs in on the discussion about the USDA's definition of "rural."