US reps to Vilsack: review Ind. food stamp OK

Source: KEN KUSMER, By The Associated Press, August 21, 2009

A pair of Indiana congressman have asked U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to review his agency's approval of the state's privatization and automation of food stamp delivery amid growing legislative and federal scrutiny of the project.  Democratic Reps. Baron Hill and Andre Carson co-signed a letter to Vilsack dated July 30, about a month after the Agriculture Department's food stamp program administrator informed Gov. Mitch Daniels that Indiana's food stamp error rates exceeded U.S. averages last year.

.... FSSA's Barlow did not answer directly when asked what the agency would do if USDA were to revoke its approval for the privatization initiative.