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EXHIBIT V-NEWSPAPERS THAT HAVE FAVORABLY DISCUSSED THE PROGRAM INFORMATION ACT-Continued

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EXHIBIT VI

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT,

BUREAU OF THE BUDGET, Washington, D.C., August 23, 1968.

To the Heads of Executive Departments and Establishments.
Subject: Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance. (Circular No. A-89).

1. Purpose. This circular establishes policies for the development and periodic issuance of a "Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance." The catalog will provide information on all Federal domestic assistance programs and activities in a single authoritative document. The primary purpose of the catalog is to assist potential users or beneficiaries in identifying the types of Federal assistance available and determining eligibility requirements for particular assistance being sought. It will also provide guidance on how to apply for specific types of assistance. The catalog should also serve as a useful reference for Federal program managers and for others concerned with intergovernmental programs.

2. General policies.-a. A comprehensive catalog which describes all Federal domestic assistance programs and activities will be issued for the executive branch of the Government, by the Office of Economic Opportunity, on an annual basis in accordance with the requirements of this circular.

b. This catalog, to be identified as the "Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance," will be the only comprehensive, Government wide document of its type. The Office of Economic Opportunity "Catalog of Federal Assistance Programs" (June 1, 1968, edition) will serve as the starting point for the development of the “Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance." The new catalog will supersede similar documents of a more limited scope currently published by various executive departments and agencies. Similar or related documents will not be updated and republished or reprinted without specific approval of the Bureau of the Budget. Also, planning for new publications and documents in this area will not be undertaken without prior consultation with the Bureau of the Budget.

3. Scope of catalog.-The "Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance" will provide a guide to domestic programs and activities of the Federal Government, whether or not they are formally designated as "programs" which provide assistance to State and local governments, public and private or quasi-public organizations and institutions, private business and industry, or individuals. Assistance covered will include, but will not necessarily be limited to:

a. Financial assistance (grants, loans and advances, loan guarantees, shared revenues).

b. Assistance in the form of direct construction or provision of Federal facilities, goods, or services.

c. Donation or provision of surplus real and personal property.

d. Technical assistance and counseling.

e. Statistical and other informational services.

4. Contents of catalog.-The "Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance" will contain the following information:

a. Table of contents.

b. Introductory section explaining the nature of the catalog and its contents. c. Program descriptions. Each program description will provide the following information: Program title, nature and purpose of program, intended benefits and beneficiaries, eligible applicants, authorizing legislation, administering agency, and sources of additional information or assistance.

d. Summary of major changes in Federal domestic assistance since the previous issue of the catalog.

e. Regional office addresses of departments and agencies. f. Alphabetical index.

5. Relation to other publications and information systems.—As the single and authoritative Governmentwide catalog, the "Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance" will be expected to meet the needs previously filled by a variety of overlapping and duplicative publications issued or contemplated by several executive agencies. However, it is not intended to be a substitute for agency publications which deal with the details of their own programs, such as the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare "Grants-in-Aid" book. The catalog will serve as a base for specialized catalogs or handbooks, such as the "Vice President's Handbook for Local Officials".

Material contained in the catalog should relate to and be derived from the basic data in individual agency information systems, and should not be prepared independently of an agency's internal information systems. It is recognized that

agencies may produce the required information through different program, financial, or other internal management information systems and that some modifications to agency internal information systems may be required to provide data of the nature and format requested. However, agencies should proceed as rapidly as possible to make such modifications and to insure that the information required for the catalog will eventually be an integral part of their internal systems. At the present time, financial data are not planned for inclusion in the catalog. However, inclusion of such data is a definite objective for future editions, and agencies should plan their internal systems development with this objective in mind.

6. Agency responsibilities.-a. The Bureau of the Budget is responsible for establishing policies with respect to the development and issuance of the catalog and similar or related publications; also it is responsible for monitoring the development and annual issuance of the catalog.

b. The Office of Economic Opportunity will collect information for, compile, and publish the "Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance." The Office of Economic Opportunity, working with the Bureau of the Budget, will issue written instructions to the departments and agencies spelling out criteria for inclusion of material in the catalog, explaining and delineating the information required for each program included in the catalog, and providing specific reporting instructions.

c. Executive departments and agencies will provide information on their programs and activities and will review material assembled for publication. Each department and agency will designate an appropriate individual who will act as the agency's representative to the Bureau of the Budget and the Office of Economic Opportunity on catalog matters. This designation will be made in writing to the Director of the Bureau of the Budget no later than September 20, 1968.

7. Issuance and distribution.-The catalog will be issued annually as a bound volume. The issue date will ordinarily be late in the calendar year so that it may reflect congressional action on legislative and appropriation matters. The first issue is scheduled for late 1968 or early 1969.

A comprehensive scheme for distribution of the catalog will be developed by the Office of Economic Opportunity, after consultation with the Bureau of the Budget, representatives of other executive agencies, and representatives of user groups. Although the catalog will have a bound format, provision will be made to enable agencies to obtain separately particular pages which could be made up into program packages to serve various specialized clienteles. In this context it is important that each page be designed and written so that it will be complete in itself when removed from the catalog.

8. Effective date. The provisions of this circular are effective immediately. CHARLES J. ZWICK,

Director.

EXHIBIT VII

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT,
BUREAU OF THE BUDGET,
Washington, D.C., September 30, 1969.

To: The heads of executive departments and establishments.
Subject: Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance. (Circular No. A-89 revised).
1. Purpose. This revised circular supersedes circular No. A-89, dated August
23, 1968, and establishes policies for the development and issuance of the catalog
of Federal domestic assistance. This revision provides more specific guidelines
based upon operational experiences under the previous circular and is intended
to make the document more useful to potential applicants for, and beneficiaries
of, Federal domestic assistance and to program managers at all levels of
government.

The catalog is designed to assist in identifying the types of Federal domestic assistance available, describing eligibility requirements for the particular assistance being sought, and providing guidance on how to apply for specific types of assistance. In addition, the catalog is intended to improve coordination and communication between the Federal Government and State and local governments.

2. General policies.-a. A comprehensive catalog which describes all Federal domestic assistance programs will be prepared and issued annually with quarterly updating supplements in accordance with the requirements of this circular.

b. The catalog of Federal domestic assistance will be the single, authoritative, Government-wide compendium of Federal domestic assistance program information produced by the executive branch of the Federal Government. Any other

executive branch publication which describes a group of Federal domestic assist ance programs is considered a specialized catalog. Publications containing comprehensive descriptions of individual programs which specify application guidelines, administrative requirements, and other details, and pamphlets or leaflets containing conventional public information of a generalized nature are not considered specialized catalogs. Unless otherwise required by law, specialized catalogs may be published only when specifically authorized and developed within the following guidelines and criteria:

(1) The proposed development and publication of any specialized catalog of Federal domestic assistance programs will be cleared with the Bureau of the Budget in the conceptual planning stages. The request for clearance will include full justification of the need for such a specialized catalog and will clearly indicate why the particular need cannot be adequately served by the currently available catalog of Federal domestic assistance.

(2) Whenever feasible, justifiable ad hoc needs of an agency will be satisfied by the development of specialized user guides or supplements to material contained in the currently available catalog of Federal domestic assistance in lieu of developing completely separate catalogs. Continuing needs for this type of information will generally be met by changes to the indexing schemes or substantive content of subsequent issues of the catalog of Federal domestic assistance. Agency efforts in this area will be coordinated with the Bureau of the Budget.

3. Definitions.-a. The term "Federal domestic assistance program" means any function of a Federal agency which provides assistance or benefits that can be requested or applied for by a State or States, territorial possession, county, city, other political subdivision, grouping, or instrumentality thereof; any domestic profit or nonprofit corporation, institution, or individual, other than an agency of the Federal Government.

b. A Federal domestic assistance "program" may in practice be called a program, an activity, a service. a project, a process or some other name regardless of whether it is identified as a separate program by statute or regulation. A "program" will be identifiable in terms of its legal authority, its administering office, its funding, its financial outlays, its purpose, its benefits, and its beneficiaries.

c. "Assistance or benefits" includes but is not limited to grants, loans, loan guarantees, scholarships, mortgage loans and insurance or other types of financial assistance; assistance in the form or provision of Federal facilities, goods or services; donation or provision of surplus real and personal property; technical assistance and counseling; statistical and other expert information; and service activities of regulatory agencies. "Assistance or benefits" does not include conventional public information services.

d. "Requested or applied for" means that the potential applicant or beneficiary must initiate the administrative process which will eventually result in the provision of assistance or benefits. The term excludes solicited contracts, shared revenues, automatic payments, and indirect assistance or benefits resulting from Federal operations.

e. "Federal agency" means any executive department, agency or instrumentality of the Government and any wholly owned Government corporation.

f. "Administering office" means the subdivision of any Federal agency that has direct operational responsibility for managing a Federal domestic assistance

program.

4. Contents of Catalog.-The "Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance" will contain the following:

a. An introductory section explaining the purpose of the catalog, its contents, a user guide, an organizational chart of the executive branch of the Federal Government, and other pertinent information.

b. A table of contents, grouping programs by departments in alphabetical order, followed by independent agencies in alphabetical order. Within the departments, programs will be grouped by the primary organizational subunits in alphabetical order.

c. Program descriptions containing the following information will be provided for each program as appropriate:

(1) Program title and popular name.

(2) Administering department or independent agency name and the primary organizational subunit in the case of a department.

(3) References to authorizing legislation, including the popular name of the act as well as the specific titles and sections as appropriate, the Public Law Number, the citation to the United States Code, and the citation of the Code of Federal Regulations.

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