Fun 281%? 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 Paga 6 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 Page 5 thank you or tbs opportunity to cannon: on I. I. I... 63 . ltlcnrcly. hut: Iryant Chatrlln cc: H. H. Rommel, an; Enclosur- IB:DBW:11: