ABOLITION OF THE FEDERAL REGIONAL COUNCIL SYSTEM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85M00363R001002180002-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 7, 2007
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: February 1, 1983
• Content Type: MEMO

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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
CABINET AFFAIRS STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 2-1-83
NUMBER: 077767cA DUEBY:
SUBJECT: Cabinet Meeting: Wednesday, February 2, 1983
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REMARKS: The agenda for the Cabinet Meeting has been changed. The
following items are scheduled for discussion. Thee paper
for the new-item is attached. The-other- papers were distributed
previously.
1) Agricultural. Credit Outlook (CM#344)
2) Commodity Distribution (CM#178)
3) Federal Regional Councils (paper attached)
4) Combined Federal Campaign
RETURN TO: ^ Craig L. Fuller /,Becky Norton Dunlop
Assistant to the President Director, Office of
for Cabinet Affairs Cabinet Affairs
456-2823 456-2800
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FROM: EDWIN MEESE III
CHAIRMAN PRO TEMPORE
CABINET COUNCIL ON MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
SUBJECT: Abolition of the Federal Regional
Council System
BACKGROUND
In the late 1960's ten Federal Regional Councils were established
to coordinate interagency and intergovernmental issues in
each of the ten standard Federal Regional headquarters
cities. The FRC role has diminished as a result of your
emphasis on less federal intervention in the affairs of
State and local governments through the use of block grants
and deregulatory initiatives.
Agencies now indicate that they can communicate and coordinate
on their own more efficiently than through an elaborate
field structure such as the FRC system. For much the same
reason, the White House approach to intergovernmental issues
has been to work directly through the agencies.
RECOMMENDATION
The Cabinet Council on Management and Administration unanimously
concurred in the OMB/White House/Agency recommendation that
the FRC system be abolished. I believe such a decision
should be announced as part of the Administration's continuing
drive to eliminate and reduce unnecessary federal structures
that no longer serve a productive purpose. Approval of this
recommendation will require rescission of the current
Executive Order.
DECISION
Approve Approve as Amended Reject No Action
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