; and (2) is part of a blended workforce and does not supplant existing merit-based personnel in the State. (d) Notification A State agency shall notify the Secretary of Agriculture of the intent to use the authority provided in this section and shall provide any information or data supporting State agency increases in supplemental nutrition assistance program applications or inability to timely process such applications. (e) Program design Any action taken by a State agency under subsection (a) shall not be— (1) considered to be a major change in the operations of such State agency for the purposes of section 11(a)(4) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2020(a)(4) ), or (2) subject to any requirement specified in such section. (f) Blended workforce For purposes of this section, the term blended workforce means a government workforce that combines— (1) employees of the State or of a local government of such State, and (2) employees of a for-profit, or private nonprofit, employer with whom a contract is made under the authority provided in this section. (g) State agency notifications Not later than 10 days after the date of the receipt of a notification submitted by a State agency under subsection (d), the Secretary of Agriculture shall make publicly available on the website of the Department of Agriculture the notification submitted by such State agency and any accompanying information or data supporting such notification so submitted. (h) Annual report The Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to the Agriculture Committee of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate, an annual report that contains a description of the measures taken to address the increases in supplemental nutrition assistance program applications, any inability to timely process such applications, any information or data supporting State agency requests and recommendations for changes to the Secretary’s authority under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2011 et