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{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Short description|USDA electrical, water, telecomm agency}} {{redirect-distinguish|The Rural Broadband Association|NTCA - The Rural Broadband Association}} {{Infobox government agency | name = Rural Utilities Service | seal = | logo = | formed = | jurisdiction = | employees = | budget = | chief1_name = [[Andrew Berke]] | chief1_position = Administrator<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rd.usda.gov/about-rd/leadership/administrators/andrew-berke |title=Andrew Berke |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221012193524/https://www.rd.usda.gov/about-rd/leadership/administrators/andrew-berke |archive-date=12 Oct 2022 |website=Rural Development Website |publisher=U.S. Department of Agriculture |access-date=12 October 2022}}</ref> | chief2_name = | chief2_position = | chief3_name = | chief3_position = | chief4_name = | chief4_position = | chief5_name = | chief5_position = | chief6_name = | chief6_position = | chief7_name = | chief7_position = | chief8_name = | chief8_position = | chief9_name = | chief9_position = | parent_department = [[United States Department of Agriculture]] | website = {{URL|https://www.rd.usda.gov/about-rd/agencies/rural-utilities-service|rd.usda.gov/rural-utilities-service}} | native_name = | native_name_a = | native_name_r = | seal_size = | seal_caption = | logo_size = | logo_caption = | image = | image_size = | image_caption = | preceding1 = | preceding2 = | preceding3 = | preceding4 = | preceding5 = | preceding6 = | dissolved = | superseding1 = | superseding2 = | superseding3 = | superseding4 = | superseding5 = | superseding6 = | headquarters = [[Washington, DC]] | latd = | longd = | latm = | lats = | latNS = | longm = | longs = | longEW = | region_code = | motto = | minister1_name = | minister1_pfo = | minister2_name = | minister2_pfo = | minister3_name = | minister3_pfo = | minister4_name = | minister4_pfo = | minister5_name = | minister5_pfo = | minister6_name = | minister6_pfo = | minister7_name = | minister7_pfo = | deputyminister1_name = | deputyminister1_pfo = | deputyminister2_name = | deputyminister2_pfo = | deputyminister3_name = | deputyminister3_pfo = | deputyminister4_name = | deputyminister4_pfo = | deputyminister5_name = | deputyminister5_pfo = | deputyminister6_name = | deputyminister6_pfo = | deputyminister7_name = | deputyminister7_pfo = | parent_agency = [[USDA Rural Development]] | child1_agency = | child2_agency = | child3_agency = | child4_agency = | child5_agency = | child6_agency = | child7_agency = | child8_agency = | child9_agency = | child10_agency = | child11_agency = | child12_agency = | child13_agency = | child14_agency = | child15_agency = | child16_agency = | child17_agency = | child18_agency = | child19_agency = | child20_agency = | child31_agency = | child22_agency = | child23_agency = | child24_agency = | child25_agency = | keydocument1 = | keydocument2 = | keydocument3 = | keydocument4 = | keydocument5 = | keydocument6 = | map = | map_size = | map_caption = | footnotes = | type = | service = | agency_type = | subbox = | italic title = no | child = | embed = | seal_alt = | logo_alt = | image_alt = | status = | minister_type = | minister8_name = | minister8_pfo = | deputyminister_type = | deputyminister8_name = | deputyminister8_pfo = | parent_agency_type = | child21_agency = | agency_id = | map_alt = | map_type = | map_dot_mark = | map_dot_label = | relief = | image_map = }} The United States '''Rural Utilities Service''' ('''RUS''') administers programs that provide infrastructure or infrastructure improvements to [[Rural America|rural communities]]. These include water and waste treatment, electric power, and telecommunications services.<ref name="rus">{{cite web|title=Rural Utilities Service|url=http://www.rd.usda.gov/about-rd/agencies/rural-utilities-service|website=USDA|access-date=3 March 2016}}</ref> It is an operating unit of the [[USDA Rural Development]] agency of the [[United States Department of Agriculture]] (USDA). It was created in 1935 as the '''Rural Electrification Administration''' ('''REA'''), a [[New Deal]] agency promoting rural electrification.
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