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The original documents are located in Box 6, folder "Budget - FY 1988: General" of the
John Marsh Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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Digitized from Box 6 of The John Marsh Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
APR. 2 9 1976
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OI THE PRESIDENT
OFFICE OF MANAGEMLNT AND BUDGET
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20503
APR 29 1976
MEMORANDUM FOR: James. Cannon
Richard Cheney
Alan Greenspan
Robert Hartmann
John Marsh
Ronald Nessen
Brent Scowcroft
William Seidman
John Veneman
FROM:
James 7. Lynn
SUBJECT:
Spring Planning Review for the Fiscal Year 1978
Budget
The first step in the development of the 1978 budget is now
underway. We will be holding spring review sessions next
week and during the month of May to discuss individual agency
targets for fiscal year 1978 and 1979. After the review
sessions, we will make recommendations to the President and
seek his direction. In July, the planning process will
culminate in letters to the agencies giving them guidance on
their fall budget submissions.
Your contributions and suggestions to the planning of the 1978
budget are welcome and solicited. You and your staff may
desire to provide information or to advance ideas concerning
these preliminary plans for the 1978 budget. We also recognize
that you may wish to consult with OMB on our views or those
of the agencies. In whatever way you choose to make your
contributions, they will be most effective if they reach us
either before or in the appropriate spring planning review
session. The schedule for the review is attached. If you or
your staffs wish to attend any of the sessions, the secretary
of the review (Lee Mosedale, ext. 4884) will be glad to supply
you in advance with the materials to be discussed.
Should you desire additional information, please let me know.
Attachment
FORD
&
GERALD
ATTACHMENT
1978 SPRING PLANNING REVIEW SCHEDULE
FOR ORAL SESSIONS WITH THE DIRECTOR
APRIL
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
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27
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30
MAY 1
Commerce,
SBA, USPS
MAY
3 10:00a.m.
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5
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7
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NASA
Treasury,
CSC
10 Interior,
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12
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15
Corps of Eng
Defense
Veterans
EPA, TVA
Affairs
Defense
Security
Assistance
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Labor
DOT
Develop-
Income
mental
Health
Education
HUD
Assistance
Maintenance
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FEA,
Justice,
Energy Policy
GSA
ERDA,
Agriculture
Energy R&D
31
JUNE 3
Overview
Overview
10:00 a.m.
2:15 p.m.
Cory
November 26, 1976
MEMORANDUM FOR:
CHARLIE LEPPERT
FROM:
JACK MARSH
In reference to the attached, requests of this nature
should be deferred and resubmitted next week. Rowever,
the have guidance that during the Budget review period
currently underway requests of this type should not be
encouraged.
Until such time as the review process is concluded, I
would suggest the requests be discouraged but done in
such a way that there às not an implied promise that the
appearance will be granted after the review. This is
because the President has a very heavy schedule already
in December and will be leaving about mid-month for Vail.
memos from Charlie re McCloskey, Tim Lee Carter,
Derwinski -- requests to see the President
JOM/dl
de
OFFICE THE INFORMATION SEIVIS 8 UNITED
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
DATE: 12/27/76
TO:
Jack Marsh
FROM:
Jim Lynn
This was sent to the
President in Vail last week.
FORM MBRARY
Attachment
P.
GERALD
OMB FORM 38
REV AUG 73
Jack march
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20503
DEC 23 1976
ACTION
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
FROM:
James T. Lynn (Signed)
SUBJECT:
Unveiling the Fiscal Year '78 Budget
I.
ISSUE
Given the need for planning and arranging the necessary
details, it would be helpful if a decision could be reached
on the level of visibility which you would like to give to the
unveiling of the Fiscal Year '78 Budget.
II. OPTIONS
1. A Presidential press briefing
Pro:
-- Given the time and effort which you have
personally devoted to its preparation, a Presidential
briefing would demonstrate the importance which you
attach to your final budget.
-- A briefing on the budget could also serve as
the occasion for your last Presidential press conference.
-- If the briefing were to take place in the
evening, it could well be covered by live TV.
This would enable you to speak directly to the Nation
on a variety of matters -- budgetary and otherwise.
-- Since the Ford budget will serve as a bench-
mark for many Congressional Republicans, a Presidential
budget briefing to the Nation could prove to be invaluable
to those Members of Congress who will try to use the
Ford budget as their target during the course of the
year.
FORD a LIBRARY
2.
Con:
-- Since some members of the press will persist in
viewing this budget as vestigial, it is difficult to
anticipate the nature of the questioning.
-- Depending on the final budget figures, it is
possible that the press will focus on any differences
which may materialize between the budget and statements
made during the course of the campaign (e.g. balancing
the budget in FY '79).
-- The press could choose to play down the substance
of the occasion and seek instead to emphasize stylistic
elements, with inevitable comparisons between this year's
briefing and last year's briefing.
-- If the budget briefing is also your last press
conference, the budget may be only a minor facet of the
questioning. (This is not necessarily a "Con").
-- If the final budget numbers are higher than we
would have liked them to be, certain Members of Congress
may prefer that the budget unveiling be handled in low
key fashion with little public attention.
-- If the briefing is to be "live" (not embargoed
like last year) and the press is given the budget on the
prior Saturday on an embargoed basis (which should be done),
they will have had a lot of time to think up more questions,
particularly on details. This could take away time from
broader issues you may want to emphasize.
Sub-Options - Time.
la. Evening.
-- A weekday evening press conference, if covered by
TV, would get broadest audience.
lb. Morning, Monday or Tuesday (depending again on your
schedule preferences).
-- A morning briefing would be deemed budget-oriented
but might be easier vis-a-vis getting three network
coverage. (Consult Nessen).
LIBRARY
Guba
3.
Sub-Options - Distribution of the Budget
la. Short lead time for advance embargoed distribution
to the press, e.g., distribution the morning pre-
ceding an evening Presidential briefing or late
afternoon distribution preceding a Presidential
briefing the next morning.
Pro:
-- This would minimize the risks of a broken
embargo.
-- Since advance press distribution triggers
other advance distributions, there will be less
time for copies of the budget to be in circulation.
-- Less time for "experts" to develop
"nitty gritty" questions which can take time from
broader issues.
Con:
-- Traditionally the press has been given more
time to study the budget in preparation for the
briefing. They will be angered by a short time fuse.
(It should be noted that the record of the press in
not breaking the embargo -- even with 36 to 48 hour
advance distribution -- has been excellent).
lb. Traditional 36 to 48 hour lead time for advance,
embargoed distribution to the press.
Pro:
-- The press will have adequate time to
prepare their copy for release time.
Con:
-- With other distributions triggered by the
press distribution, there will be copies of the
budget around town well before the Presidential
briefing, providing more time potentially for the
embargo to be broken.
-- With lead time, the press will be well-
prepared and the questioning could involve minutiae.
Whichever sub-option is chosen, other distributions will be
triggered by the decision.
a. Simultaneous to press distribution on an embargoed basis,
advance copies would be sent on an embargoed basis to the
Congressional Leadership and Committee Chairmen, with
the Budget, Appropriations, and Joint Economic Committees
receiving extra copies beyond the Chairmen's copy.
4.
b. Bulk distribution to the Congress would be made
shortly before official transmission, e.g., the
morning of your press conference (assuming live,
not embargoed) if held in morning or late afternoon
if evening press conference.
C. Transition Team: In the spirit of continuing
cooperation, it is proposed that the OMB Director-
designate be given a limited number of embargoed
copies to distribute to the transition team as he
deems appropriate. I would be inclined to do this
quite early, say a week before.
2. An OMB Director's press briefing
This would be a traditional (excluding last year)
press briefing on the budget. It would probably be
held Saturday morning, January 15, on an embargoed
basis (for release Monday), with official transmittal
of the budget scheduled for noon on Monday.
LIDRARY
3. No press briefing
Copies of the budget could merely be distributed to
OFFALE
the press, with no briefing. This option has not
been developed, since too much time and effort has
been expended to allow the budget to be unveiled
without "interpretation."
Beyond the press briefing, given the constraints of time,
it would be my recommendation to minimize the wide-scale briefings
which were held last year, unless specific requests are received
and decisions are made to comply with them. Nonetheless, some
briefings will be in order:
-- The traditional OMB "regulars" breakfast on Saturday
or Monday hosted by the Director on an embargoed basis. (The
"regulars" are a small group of newspersons whose chief beat is
OMB/the budget/and the economy).
-- The Congressional Leadership. It is hoped that this
could be hosted by you at a convenient time preceding the press
briefing.
-- The transition team. In the spirit of cooperation, it
would be my intention to brief the OMB Director-designate, either
by himself or with a small group of associates, on both policy and
5.
technical matters at a convenient time preceding the press
briefing.
-- Other Congressional briefings. These will be handled
on a case by case basis if requests are received. Should the
House Republican Conference or the Senate Republican Policy
Committee request a briefing, we would endeavor to comply on
either January 18 or 19.
-- Assuming you do the briefing, I would suggest that we
don't have the full array of Cabinet and agency heads at the
briefing this year (just Scowcroft, Cannon, Zarb, OMB people
in chairs near to you) but that each agency head be available
for full briefing on his or her budget at the agency immediately
after your briefing.
III. DECISIONS
A. Press Briefing/who and when:
a Presidential press briefing will be held:
1.
Monday evening.
2.
Monday morning.
3.
Other
OMB Director should brief the press.
1.
Saturday morning.
2.
Monday morning.
3.
Other
No press briefing at all.
B. Distribution of the Budget
1. Press
press should receive their advance, embargoed
copies on shortest possible time fuse
preceding press conference (8 to 12 hours).
6.
follow traditional course allowing 36 to 48
hours for distribution of advance, embargoed
copies.
2. Others
Proceed traditionally:
Advance press distribution will trigger embargoed
distribution to Congressional Leadership and
specific Congressional Committees; bulk distri-
bution to Congress can be made the day the
budget is officially transmitted. Proceed with
OMB Director-designate and transition team as
you deem appropriate.
DO not proceed traditionally - additional
instructions will be forthcoming.
C. Other Briefings:
I agree with your plans to minimize other
briefings. Proceed accordingly.
1.
I will host the Congressional
Leadership briefing.
2.
The OMB Director should brief the
Congressional Leadership.
3.
There is no need for a Congressional
Leadership briefing this year.
Duplicate last year's wide scale briefings -
work with appropriate personnel to arrange
details.
See me.