EXHIBIT II-BREAKDOWN OF OPERATING FEDERAL DOMESTIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS The chart below is a breakdown of my 1969 listing of operating Federal assistance programs (H. Doc. 91-177), with each program listed only once under the topic that characterized the main thrust of the program. EXHIBIT III-COSPONSORS OF THE "PROGRAM INFORMATION ACT" Adair, E. Ross (Ind.) CONGRESSMEN Findley, Paul (Ill.) Anderson, John B. (Ill.) Andrews, Mark (N. Dak.) Annunzio, Frank (Ill.) Biester, Edward G., Jr. (Pa.) Gallagher, Cornelius E. (N.J.) Hicks, Floyd V. (Wash.) McCloskey, Paul N., Jr. (Calif.) Cabell, Earle (Tex.) Carter, Tim Lee (Ky.) Clausen, Don H. (Calif.) EXHIBIT III-COSPONSORS OF THE "PROGRAM INFORMATION ACT"-Continued Collier, Harold R. (Ill.) CONGRESSMEN-continued Conable, Barber B., Jr. (N. Y.) Corbett, Robert J. (Pa.) Córdova, Jorge L. (P.R.) Frelinghuysen, Peter H. B. (N.J.) Giaimo, Robert N. (Conn.) Grover, James R., Jr. (N. Y.) McDonald, Jack H. (Mich.) MacGregor, Clark (Minn.) Mann, James R. (S.C.) Mathias, Robert B. (Calif.) Matsunaga, Spark M. (Hawaii) May, Catherine (Wash.) Meskill, Thomas J (Conn.) Michel, Robert H. (Ill.) Mikva, Abner J. (Ill.) Miller, Clarence E. (Ohio) Mills, Wilbur D. (Ark.) Mize, Chester L. (Kans.) Mizell, Wilmer (N.C.) Mollohan, Robert H. (W. Va.) Montgomery, G. V. (Sonny) (Mass.) Morse, F. Bradford (Mass.) Morton, Rogers C. B. (Md.) Mosher, Charles A. (Ohio) Nelsen, Ancher (Minn.) Ottinger, Richard L. (N. Y.) Patten, Edward J. (N.J.) Pepper, Claude (Fla.) Pettis, Jerry L. (Calif.) Pirnie, Alexander, (N.Y.) Podell, Bertram L. (N. Y.) Pollock, Howard W. (Alaska) Riegle, Donald W., Jr. (Mich.) Ruppe, Philip E. (Mich.) Scherle, William J. (Iowa) EXHIBIT III-COSPONSORS OF THE "PROGRAM INFORMATION ACT"-Continued EXHIBIT IV. (ENDORSEMENTS) NATIONAL GOVERNORS' CONFERENCE-60TH ANNUAL MEETING, CINCINNATI, OHIO, JULY 21-24, 1968 XV-IMPROVED MANAGEMENT and reporting of FEDERAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS Whereas, According to a recent report by certain Members of Congress, there are more than -1,270 Federal programs offering assistance to local and State governmental units; and Whereas, These programs are operated by various agencies of the Federal Government, and in many instances have become competitive and overlapping; and Whereas, The overall effect of the number, complexity and duplication is to create a situation of difficulty and confusion; and Whereas, This difficulty and confusion could be alleviated by the annual publication of a complete compendium of Federal assistance programs and by the establishment of a commission for the improvement of Government management and organization insofar as they affect State and local governmental units: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the National Governors' Conference go on record as supporting (1) the annual publication by the Federal Government of a complete compendium of all operating programs offering assistance to State and local governmental units; and (2) the creation of a commission on the national level for the improvement of Government management and organization insofar as they affect State and local governmental units, such as the commission envisioned by H.R. 18113. NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE RESOLUTIONS, MIAMI BEACH, FLA., AUGUST 23, 1968 IMPROVED MANAGEMENT AND REPORTING OF FEDERAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS Whereas there are more than 1,270 Federal programs offering assistance to local and State governmental units; and Whereas these programs are operated by various agencies of the Federal Government and in many instances have become competitive and overlapping; and Whereas the overall effect of the number, complexity and duplication is to create a situation of difficulty and confusion; and Whereas this difficulty and confusion could be alleviated by the annual revision, publication and distribution to legislative leadership, State agencies and planning bodies of a complete compendium of Federal assistance programs and by the establishment of a commission for the improvement of Government management and organization insofar as they affect State and local governmental units; Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the 21st Annual Meeting of the National Legislative Conference, meeting in Miami Beach, August 23, 1968, go on record as supporting the publication by the Federal Government of a comprehensive catalog containing complete, up-to-date information, issued frequently on all operating Federal assistance 48-957 0-70- -5 programs as proposed in H.R. 17915, and the creation on the national level of a commission for the improvement of Federal Government management and organization and its interrelationship with other levels of government, such as the commission envisioned in H.R. 18574. AMENDMENTS AND REVISIONS TO AMERICAN COUNTY PLATFORM, AS PROPOSED BY NATIONAL ASSOCIATION of Counties RESOLUTION COMMITTEE, JULY 31, 1968 Resolution of NACO board of directors. Be it resolved that the 33rd Annual Conference of the National Association of Counties go on record as supporting the publication by the Federal Government of a comprehensive catalog containing complete, up-to-date information, updated frequently on all operating Federal assistance programs as proposed in H.R. 17915, and the creation of a national commission for the improvement of Federal Government management and organization and its interrelationship with other levels of government, such as the commission envisioned in H.R. 18574. EXHIBIT V-NEWSPAPERS THAT HAVE FAVORABLY DISCUSSED THE PROGRAM INFORMATION ACT |