CHAS DAVORS

Geico (DC) ATTOA.

15 Mike Madden N.Y. LIFE. INS"

With respect to our recent meeting and your request for information on the President's Private Sector Survey on Cost Control, I am pleased to provide you with the enclosed data in response to your specific questions. If, after reviewing this memorandum and the enclosed attachments, you have additional questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

The President announced the establishment of the Private Sector Survey on Cost Control on February 18, 1982. The text of that announcement is attached at Tab A.

Key enabling documents relevant to the Private Sector Survey include the following:

Executive Order 12369 signed by the President on
June 30, 1982. (Tab B)

Cooperative Agreement signed between the Foundation
for the President's Private Sector Survey, Inc. and
the Department of Commerce. (Tab C)

O Charter of the Executive Committee for the President's Private
Sector Survey, Inc. (Tab D)

Briefly, members of the Executive Committee are considered
special government employees of the Department of Commerce and
are subject to the provisions of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act. Under the terms of the Cooperative Agreement
signed between the Department of Commerce and the Foundation
for the President's Private Sector Survey, Inc., the Foundation
provides staff assistance to the members of the Executive
Committee with respect to undertaking the review of the Executive
Branch of Government. The Foundation for the President's Private

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