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Honorable Gilli-I 1.. Menu
Chair-en
Conittee on Govern-en: Operetione
2157 Ieybnrn Home Office hildin;
Heehington, D. C.
Deer 3:. Guinea:
mi. ie in reply to your letter of lebruery l7. requeeting
onr comente on a. J. leeJJe. "to euthoriee e etndy end inveeti-
ptinn of intor-etinn eerviee eyetene for Stet end locelitiee
deeiped to eneble each Stetee end locelitiee to perticipete nnre
effectively in tederelly euieted program end to provide Gangrene
end the Preeident with e better neeenre n! Stete end locei neede
and perfume mder theee progr-e."
in the eenree o: in etudiee e! the fiecel end structural).
interreletionehipe non; letionel. ltete. end locel pvernnente.
the Advisory Cn-ieeion hee been-e ecutely were of the need tor
waned infometion flow emu; the three levele of memt.
In 1" cat-prole Rudy. entitled mm
W the Connie-ion eeee merel teen-undeth for
proving end expending date thet ere now eveileble end for devel-
Opin; new dete eyetene.
The greet increeee in the number of lederel grent-in-eid
prop-em in recent yeere eehee it ebmdently cleer thet Congreee,
the ExecutiVe lunch. end Itete end loeel peerente need reedy
ecceee to intonation concerning tboee prop-e. to thie end. the
Co-ieeion recnuended thet:
....the Preeident eeteblieh vithin en eppropriete
egency o! the Executive Drench e computerised
eyet-I for etnrege Cid retriml of internetion
eeeentiel (or the ehinietretion of .rente-in-eid.
fornuletion of Pederel-Stete-iocel Ilene! poiiciee
end other policy end eenege-ent pnrpoeee. The
honorahlo Iilli. 1.. Damon
Pogo 2
Omaniaaion torthor rocounondo that tho Congraoo aatav
bliah a similar ayat- to provido intonation for ro-
vioo oi grant-in-aid pronoun and for othor logialativo
porpoooa. l'ho Coo-innit). rota-anda that tapao and
othar data roaaltin; tro- thaao ayatooa ba nado ovail-
ablo to Btata and local mall-onto.
Tho kind of intonation ayoton contqlatod by tho abovo
reconcndation ia cloaaly akin to that propoaad in ll. J. loo. 634.
Cloarly tho oatabliohant o! ouch a ayatoa will roqaira a groat doal
of prior atudy and planning, oach an in callad for in tho joint
rooolution.
lt ahould ha notad that 8. w. and h. I. 6278. tho propoaod
"LosiolatiVo Reorganisation Act of 1969." provida in Saction 202
that tho Cantrell"- Gonoral. tho secretary of tho Troooury. and tho
Diroctor of tho luraon ot tho Dodsat "ahall donlop. aatahlioh. and
maintain, for uao by all lodoral amino. a otandaniiaad intonation
and data procouin; ayat- for hodgotary and lineal data." Liko ll. J.
loo. hi, thio ooction, it onactad. would omliah tho ohjaotivoa
of aqulppln both Congroaa and tho Imativo Offica of tho Pranidont
with a aodorn intonation ayatoo annual for inprovad policy and
adminiotrativo control ovar tho grant-ia-aid oyotu.
Thorn in o conaidorohlo and growing intaroat in tho i-provo-
nont of information oyotoaa at all moron-tn lovolo. Stato and
local govormonta. liha tho Iodaral (bran-oat, hora haan rapidly
aatouatln; thair data ayatano. Much of thio activity hao hoon on-
coordinatod with tho raaolt that a auhatantial nut of infatuation
hao boon dualopod which cannot be oharod raadily. Than 1o wido-
oprood concarn about thin dovolopaant. and a nmhar of iaportant atopa
hovo boon takan to daal aith it:
l. Largoly at tho urging of tho Covarnora, a
Rational Conforanoa on Comparativa Statiatica aaa hold
in l9o6. That Gootaronco. oponoorod by organiaatiooa
of Stato and local moruanta. tho I). 8. Dnan of tho
Donut. and tho Adviaory Go-ioaion on lntor'oVorI-antal
ialationa, laid tho grout-art for a continuing intor-
govamontal concern with tho data ptoblan. (ha of tho
dovalopnonto 3min; out of that Conforonco vao tho
oatahliohnont in a nuhar o! Stataa of State Statiatical
Honorehle Hillie- L. Deveon
Pege 3
Oordinetore." A eecond each conference. held to
April 6 end 5. 1968, ettrected e leru group of
Federei. Stete, end local wen-mt people to die-
cuee progreee end to ehert e oouree o! ection.
2. lo yeere ego, there wee eetehliehod en
Intergovernentel Ieek Force on Infoth Syetene.
Ite when were dreen eohetentielly fro- . the
tune Pederel, Bteto end loeei ermape thet heve been
directing the leth antenna on Ooeperetive
Stetietice. The leek Porce releeeed ite report on
April 5, 1968, et the Second lotionel Conference on
Coqaretive Stetietice (copy etteched). he report
etreeeee the need tor concerted effort on the pert
of ell three levele of men-eat to ilpme the
Ho- 0! information within end eeone lederel, Itete.
end locel permeate. It etreeeee the need for
prior conenltetion by the lederel Cover-eat with
ltete end locel governmente in the develop-not of
tutor-titan eyet-e. It upheeieee the need for
improving infornetion ehoet lederel eid program end for
e "Iederel Intonation Center on eeeietence Prone-e."
It urgoe the donkey-en: of e etenderd "platen" of eocio-
econoeic dete to he need in connection eith ledetel-eid
prop-e. A key mduioo oi the feet Iorce con-
cerne the eeteblieh-ent by the Advieory Main on
intergovetuentel lehtione of en Internet-eat
lniornetioo lyete-e tuneup, to be fieencod jointly
by the lederel Gaverneent, by Itetee. end by late!
governance.
3. re lureeu of the Ceneue. in phoning for the
1970 Ceneoeee of Populetion end Homing, hee deveioped
e m-her of technique uhich eppeer to otter new
opportunitiee for tone! govern-eon to nehe eore di-
rect end ettective nee o! Ceneue neteriele in deelin;
with importer: enciel II economic pmhl-e.
6. The Office of Econonic Opportunity hee been
onus-d in e prot-e which ei- to nehe eveileble
intonation on both Federel ad Itete pmgren
ibiDOl'lbl. Hilli- L. Moon
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axpandituraa docn to tha county Mel. In. of tha
ludut Circular A-89 daaignataa the Otiioa o! koooaic
Opportunity an the official away of tha Mtiva
Branch to iaaua a "Catalog of ladaral [Io-antic Aaaiatance."
5. ma Economic naval-punt Abiniattation hopaa
to make both ayat- motion and data aubaata from in
Comrahanaiva Intonation Syat- and Data lua avail-
abla to ragiooal couniaaiona, davalopaant diatricta.
intaraatad univaraitiaa, and othat appropriata public
bodiaa. Should thia prova fauibla. it will taduta
the coat and iqxova tha quality of atone-it davalop-
want PIDf-Ia
All of than afforta ara directad toward achiavin; aoaa of
Lna objactivaa nought by H. .1. ha. AM.
Tho tacoandation by tha lntorgoval-aatal Talk Porto on
Information int-a that an Intar'ovamnantal Intonation Syataaa
Exchange ba utabliahad by tha Minor] Dominion on Intaraovarn-
mntal lalationa appaara to ba particularly ralavaat to tha pur-
poua of a. J. Iaa. 63b. m. propaaition uaa placad baton tha
Con-union on Juna Zl. 1968. During a langthy diatuaaioo. aevaral
nanbara indicated thait tooling that ouch an Indian 1a naadad.
but that it ahould ba aatabliahad undo: auapicaa othar than tha
A1311. 111a Co-iaaion concludad that it should ha in policy not
to undartaha any additional "160 lmctioaa but. that. to
concantrata ita naourcaa, and anargiaa on adviaing, xaaaarchins.
and providing informational and adncational natariala on intar-
govamncntal probla-a. It ahauld ba ootad that tha hraau of tha
Buds in no. axplorina vaya and loana of coordinating Iadaral.
State, and local intonation ayatu.
Thara ia a quaation than an to tha mat appropriata Imcy
to conduct tha typo of oparatioua analyaia contemplated in tha
Resolution. fha oola oi tha Moan of the Mat and othar parta
of tha Emcutiva lunch of the [data]. Govern-alt ahonld ba
appraiaad carafully batora charging tha Adviaory Oo-iaaioa with tha
raaponaibilitiu anviaagad in tha laaolation. I! it aboold ba
concluded that the (Jo-iaaion are the mat appropriata vahicla,
the apacitic raaponaibilitiaa aat forth in tha Iaaolutioo would
near. to be antimly unpabla.
Honor-bl. "1111.. L. Dawson
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thank you or tbs opportunity to cannon: on I. I. I...
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hut: Iryant
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cc: H. H. Rommel, an;
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donorable Willia1e L. Dawenn Gainaan Ma'dttee on Govern.11ant %:arationa 2157 lisyburn lioude Office liuildluj; Womhiuston, D. C. 11ear bir. l'hainnen: Wie is in reply to yetir letter of February 17, requesting our comients on it. J. Res.4% "to muchorias a study and irivestie getiori of inforetation service systemis for States end localities designed'. e enable such litates and localities to participate numre etiectialy in federally essisted program1s and to provide Coligress and the t'resident. with a better sleasure of State and local neada and performance under these preraits." 111 she course of its attadies of the fiscal and strueturail interrel.atimiehips aang listiortal, State, and local governments, the Advisory GmunissLon hee becomte acutely aware of the need ter improved inforulation flow aang the three levels of goverment. In its mmprehensive stwiy, entitled Fiscal Balance in the &nerican Federal SymLan .Ehe OlegmiaBIOD agda #eVeral reCOBunendatiDas EOr improvin>i and expanding data that are new available and for deVeLoping na clata systelma. T'1e grant increase in the nualber of Federal grant-in-aid prograins in recent years niakes it abundantly clear that Congress, the. Executive Et-anch. and Beste and local governments need ready access e inform=tion concerating tlwee prograals, To this end, the Collaissiois reco1misunded that: ....the President antablish within an appropriate agency of the l'xecutive Branch a coalputerised systeis for storage and retrieval of information asseritisk for tire adatinistration of grants-in-aid, foranilation of Federal-State-local fiscal policies and other poticy and slanagessent purposes. Tbc
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iionerable William L. Daumen ease 5 lhank you for the opportunity to comment an E. 3. Kes. 434. $$ncerely, Farris Bryant GileirliaB cc: W. H. Relumet, Hog Enclosure FB:DBW:llt
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