Operations. CARD DIVISION Executive and Legislativ. REALINING REGIONAL BOUNDARIES OF CERTAIN FEDERAL AGENCIES 29-890 Printed for the use of the Committee on Government Operations 253 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1969 EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE REORGANIZATION SUBCOMMITTEE ROBERT E. JONES, Alabama JOHN N. ERLENBORN, Illinois ELMER W. HENDERSON, Counsel (II) Bolling, Hon. Richard, a Representative in Congress from the Sta Dillingham, Jay L., president, Kansas City Stockyards Co.. Hughes, Hon. Phillip S., Deputy Director, Bureau of the Budget; accompanied by Hon. Dwight A. Ink, Assistant Director for Executive Hull, Hon. W. R., Jr., a Representative in Congress from the State Marsh, Hon. John O., Jr., a Representative in Congress from the State Letters, statements, etc., submitted for the record by- Dillingham, Jay L., president, Kansas City Stockyards Co.: State- Hughes, Hon. Phillip S., Deputy Director, Bureau of the Budget: Memorandum from the White House dated March 27, 1969, re Jones, Hon. Walter B., a Representative in Congress from the State of North Carolina: Statement__ Letters to Hon. John A. Blatnik, a Representative in Congress from the State of Minnesota, and chairman, Executive and Legislative Reorganization Subcommittee, from- Perkins, Hon. Carl D., a Representative in Congress from the State of Kentucky, dated May 8, 1969, re proposed transfer of regional offices, with attachments.. Senators Thomas F. Eagleton and Stuart Symington, dated May, 1969, re proposed executive reorganization of the bound- aries and location of certain regional offices, together with sundry accompanying material _ _ Staggers, Hon. Harley O., a Representative in Congress from the State of West Virginia, dated May 9, 1969, re proposed transfer Marsh, Hon. John O., Jr., a Representative in Congress from the Spong, Hon. William B., Jr., a U.S. Senator from the State of Vir- 63 Stubblefield, Hon. Frank A., a Representative in Congress from the State of Kentucky: Statement with attachments. - - Winn, Hon. Larry, Jr., a Representative in Congress from the State Congressman Larry Winn reorganization plan, map. 8 REALINING REGIONAL BOUNDARIES OF CERTAIN FEDERAL AGENCIES THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1969 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met, at 10 a.m., in room 2247, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Benjamin S. Rosenthal, acting chairman, presiding. Present: Representatives John A. Blatnik (chairman of the subcommittee), Chet Holifield, Robert E. Jones, Benjamin S. Rosenthal, John N. Erlenborn, Clarence J. Brown, and Paul Findley. Also present: Elmer W. Henderson, subcommittee counsel; James A. Lanigan, general counsel, and Lawrence P. Redmond, professional staff member, Committee on Government Operations; J. P. Carlson, minority counsel; and William H. Copenhaver, minority professional staff. Mr. ROSENTHAL. The Subcommittee on Executive and Legislative Reorganization will come to order. The hearing today has been called to consider the restructuring of Government service systems as contained in the statement of President Nixon on March 27. Among other things, the President realines the regional boundaries of five Federal departments and agencies so that all regional offices will be located in the same cities. This is not a matter for which the President has asked congressional approval, but it is the responsibility of the Subcommittee on Executive and Legislative Reorganization to review all major reorganizations to determine whether or not they enhance the quality of services to be rendered by the Federal Establishment and produce efficiency and economy. We have asked officials of the Bureau of the Budget to provide us with a complete explanation and justification for these changes. We also will hear several Members of Congress who wish to comment on them and how their districts may be directly affected. The five agencies involved are the Departments of Labor; Health, Education, and Welfare; and Housing and Urban Development; the Office of Economic Opportunity; and the Small Business Administration. These agencies all have regional boundaries that were created without reference to the regional boundaries of the others. President Nixon's aim appears to be to rationalize the way service delivery systems are organized and to develop, presumably, greater coordination of the programs the agencies are carrying out. (1) |