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Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Digital Library Collections This is a PDF of a folder from our textual collections. Collection: Roberts, John G.: Files Folder Title: JGR/PSI (Private Sector Initiatives) (1 of 10) Box: 44 To see more digitized collections visit: https://reaganlibrary.gov/archives/digital-library To see all Ronald Reagan Presidential Library inventories visit: https://reaganlibrary.gov/document-collection Contact a reference archivist at: [email protected] Citation Guidelines: https://reaganlibrary.gov/citing National Archives Catalogue: https://catalog.archives.gov/ THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON December 22, 1982 MEMORANDUM FOR FRED F. FIELDING FROM: JOHN G. ROBERTS SUBJECT: Transfer of Private Sector Initiatives Databank to Partnerships Dataline USA Cn December 7, 1982, Jay Moorehead submitted for your review a proposed agreement under which the databank compiled by the President's Task Force on Private Sector Initiatives would be transferred to a new private entity known as Partnerships Dataline USA. Richard Hauser and Dede Neal had discussed the outlines of this agreement with Moorehead at an earlier meeting. On December 8, the Task Force issued a press release announcing the agreement (Tab A) and conducted a press briefing at which it was described (Tab B). Under the agreement, the Task Force databank -- a computer- ized collection of over 2,500 verified and indexed examples of private sector initiatives -- will be turned over to Partnerships Dataline USA. The databank was compiled by Task Force volunteers, and has been available to interested groups throughout the past year. Partnerships Dataline USA consists of the New York-based Citizens Forum on Self-Government (formerly the National Municipal League) and the Washington-based Partners for Livable Places, both 501 (c) (3) organizations. These two organizations have together committed $200,000 to the project, will fold into the databank their own existing databanks, and will continually update and verify the merged product. Jay Moorehead is to seek matching funds from Federal Government sources. The databank will be available to all groups seeking information on charitable projects, originally on a no-cost basis. A committee chaired by National Association of Manufacturers President Alexander Trowbridge will oversee the development of the system. In order to obtain more information about the transfer, I talked with Moorehead, his Deputy Michael Castine, and Neil Hepp, a Task Force volunteer in charge of the databank. I also met briefly with Joan Hammond and Bill Alexander of the Citizens Forum, who were in town for a meeting with Moorehead. -2- A number of legal issues are raised by the proposed (and announced) agreement: 1. The Task Force itself cannot transfer the databank. The Task Force is an advisory committee, E.O. No. 12329 (Oct. 14, 1981), and under the Advisory Committee Act is limited to advisory functions. 5 U.S.C. App. I § 9 (b) (1976). The decision to transfer the databank should be made by an appropriate officer of the Federal Government. Id. The December 8 press release indicated that the Task Force recommended that the databank be continued, but was vague on precisely when a decision was reached on transfer to Partnerships Dataline USA, and who made the decision. The Task Force should be advised that the transfer decision must be made not by it but by government officials acting on its recommendation. 2. The Disposal of Records Act defines "record" to include "machine readable materials." 44 U.S.C. § 3301 (1976). Assuming that the databank is an agency record, 44 U.S.C. § 3314 (1976) bars its alienation or disposal, except in compliance with the Disposal of Records Act. The databank would not be disposed of or alienated if the government simply turned over a copy to Partnerships Dataline USA. Moorehead has been alerted that the government must retain a set of whatever it turns over to Partnerships Dataline USA. He has indicated that the Commerce Department will do SO. 3. A range of issues is presented by the governmental decision (on advice of the Task Force) to transfer the databank to Partnerships Dataline USA, as opposed to any other group. Groups interested in continuing the databank made presentations to the Task Force before the cooperative arrangement between Citizens Forum and Partners for Livable Places was settled upon. Those two groups were selected because of their willingness and ability to commit funding ($100,000 each per year) to continuing the databank. Groups not selected to assume a lead role in the databank project were invited to participate in it, and several have agreed to do so. The facts that the groups not selected are participating in the project, and have access to the resource, lend me to discount the possibility of complaints about the selection process. In any event, the government is simply giving Partnerships Dataline a publicly available record, and Moorehead has indicated his willingness to give the record to any group that wants it. 4. Another range of issues is presented by the contemplated operation of the databank once transferred. These issues fall into two categories: responsibility of the government -3- for the conduct of Partnerships Dataline with respect to the databank, and means of ensuring the adherence of Partner- ships Dataline to its commitments concerning access, verification of entries, and the like. The former category of issues does not seem to present serious problems. In essence, all that the government is doing is turning over a set of publicly available records to a private operation. The original decision to have any "agreement" at all may have raised unnecessary concerns. The government can arguably be no more liable for what Partnerships Dataline does with the databank than it is for what any person does with agency records he obtains, for example, under the FOIA, or for what weathermen do with National Weather Service Information they obtain from the government. On the other hand, this view of the transaction limits the recourse of the government should Partnerships Dataline not abide by its commitments. A formal contract outlining Partnership's obligations would, however, present more problems than it would solve. It would link the government more closely to the operation of a private program, which is more problematic than simply limiting our involvement to turning over an extra set of the records. There are in any event no indications of possible misuse of the databank by the 501 (c) (3) organizations obtaining it. If a more formal agreement were entered into concerning transfer of the databank, it would have to be between some government official and the private groups. Entering into a formal contract would exceed the advisory functions of the Task Force. On the government's side, the only "obligation" -- Moorehead's commitment to seek Federal matching funds for Partnerships Dataline -- probably cannot be more formalized. Neither Moorehead nor the Partnerships Dataline representa- tives see any need for a more formalized arrangement. I recommend a memorandum to Moorehead, noting that you have reviewed the contemplated agreement. I would stress the need to limit Task Force activity to advice, and also the importance of keeping a set of whatever records -- including "machine readable materials" -- are turned over. I do not recommend any effort to formalize the "agreement." Attachment THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON December 27, 1982 MEMORANDUM FOR JAY MOORHEAD DIRECTOR, PRESIDENT'S TASK FORCE ON PRIVATE SECTOR INITIATIVES FROM: FRED F. FIELDING COUNSEL TO THE PRESIDENT SUBJECT: Transfer of Private Sector Initiatives Databank to Partnerships Dataline USA I have reviewed the agreement on transfer of the Private Sector Initiatives databank, sent to me on December 7 and announced to the press on December 8. This office has no legal objections to providing Partnerships Dataline USA a copy of the databank, after which Partnerships Dataline USA will supplement the information it contains and make this information available to interested parties. The decision to transfer the databank in this manner must of course be made by a government official and not the Task Force itself, which is limited by the Advisory Committee Act to advisory functions. 5 U.S.C. App. I § 9 (b) (1976). Furthermore, it is my understanding that the Department of Commerce will retain a set of whatever is turned over to Partnerships Dataline USA. It is important that this be done to avoid any possible difficulties with the law governing alienation or disposal of records. The term "records," incidentally, is defined to include "machine readable materials.' 44 U.S.C. § 3301 (1976) ; see id. § 3314. FFF: JGR:aw 12/27/82 CC: FFFielding GRoberts Subj. Chron live President's Task Force on Prirate Sector Initiatives BUILDING FOR USE AFTER 1:00 p.m. PARTNERSHIPS WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8 CONTACT: CAROLYN TIEGER (202) 395-7362 TASK FORCE DATA BANK WILL HAVE NEW HOME A recently-formed organization, Partnerships Dataline USA, will be the new home of the President's Task Force on Private Sector Initiatives project data bank--a computerized collection of more than 2500 examples of private sector initiatives and public/private partnerships. During the past year, the Task Force has shared these examples with communities around the country as possible alternatives for addressing local problems. In its final report to the President today, the Task Force recommended that the data bank be continued. Partnerships Dataline USA, a public/private partnership itself, has been organized to make the recommendation a reality. Central management of Partnerships Dataline USA will be undertaken by the Citizens Forum on Self-Government (formerly the National Municipal League), an 84-year-old nonpartisan civic organization which for over a quarter century has sponsored the All-America Cities Awards. A cosponsor and official Washington, D.C., home for the database will be Partners for Livable Places, a 400-member group devoted to increasing the quality of community life. Other organizations with constituencies involved in grass- roots public/private partnerships also will be invited to participate. Several have already agreed, including VOLUNTEER: The National Center for Citizen Involvement, the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), and the Association of Neighborhood Enterprises. A special committee, chaired by National Association of Manufacturers president Alexander Trowbridge, will oversee the system design and development. Committee members will include C. William Verity, Jr., chairman of the President's Task Force on Private Sector Initiatives; James L. Hetland, president of the Citizens Forum; Robert McNulty, president of Partners, and others to be named shortly. -34 Jackson Place: W. Washington. D.C. 20500. Telephone (202) 395-7362 To cover the estimated $600,000 yearly operating costs for a start-up period of three years, the Forum and Partners have each agreed to commit from their own resources $100,000 each for each of the three years. The remainder will come from corporate, foundation and government sources. User fees and corporate and foundations contributions are expected to be sufficient to fund the system regularly by the end of the third year. Partnerships Dataline USA expects to expand the bank by several thousand examples plus provide constantly updated "state of the art" summaries on public/private partnerships. The organization will have a focus as wide as grassroots partnerships themselves--from cooperative school, youth employ- ment and social service programs to efforts supporting neigh- borhood economic development and crime and violence reduction. ### - 9 - institutions called businesses in their communities to use their capital directed toward physical plant, buildings, transportation systems, neighborhoods, and all those other kinds of things that are part of the health of that community. And that in fact there are tremendous opportunities for those dollars leveraged through other private institutions in the community to get a great number of things done that formally we have thought only could be done by federal or public state dollars. So, that's what we mean when we talk about investing in America. It's big and it ought to be -- I heartily recommend you spend time with that book because you'll find that there are just some astounding things going on as regards how these dollars -- whether the thrift saving institutions, pension funds, whatever there might be, are being used with others to get these things done. Q The initial -- in the preface it says that "social investment" is a term you find too narrow to be used for what you've just described. I'm wondering if you have a new term or a new concept that you're -- MR. GUTH: I really don't. I would just say that the capital dollars, as is the case with human resources, as is the case with dollars donated philanthropically by individuals and institutions play a very, very important role in this whole thing taken together self-reliance in solving problems at the local level. Maybe a new, more useful term will evolve over the next few years. Are there any other questions or comments -- Q Is someone going to talk about the data bank? MR. GUTH: I.was hoping so because I was going to raise the question with you if none of you did. I think it's a terribly important subject. I got here late. I had problems getting through the security. Bill, you did comment on partnership data, USA? MR. VERITY: No, just at the beginning, I mentioned it. But I said we'd mention it later. So, why don't you -- MR. GUTH: I'll get it started. One of the things that Bill did touch on quickly was the data bank. It now has 2500 success stories of one kind or another in it. We've used those with great success to communicate the reality, the richness, the diversity -- who, what, where, when and why -- what's going on in this country -- a couple of things about it. Number one, it's the tip of the iceberg. What we think we know about volunteerism initiative and partnership is grossly understated. Two -- three things about it. Two, those realities helped us immensely, to your question sir, have an impact on peoples' attitudes and expectations as regards what they could do. We convinced them to check their references, if you will. And three, they were immensely useful to a whole host of not for profit organizations and other local community based groups who are wrestling with problems now. The President asked us as we did our work to leave behind some mechanisms that would continue this work. The data bank -- enriched, enlarged, and verified on a continuing basis, built out not just to include more narrowly defined initiatives but broad community partnerships is a good example of a powerful mechanism. As a result, we worked hard to find -- and it wasn't really that hard, I guess, to find them. It was probably trickier to get it together. But we were very concerned that we have a MORE - 10 - home for that data bank in the private sector, that it could be enriched and enlarged. And what has evolved is something called "Partnership Dataline USA." And two organizations who have spent a lot of time as a beginning step in this area have come forward -- Citizens Forum on Self-Government which is formerly the National Municipal League and Partners for Livable Places have come together and they are taking over that data bank as the managers, if you will, or organizers of that project. They will add to it their respective data banks in these areas. They will add to it the richness of materials in Investing in America and in some of the other products that we announced today. And they already have a host of other organizations who will be cooperating with them to build out that data bank and to merchandise or sell or make available that data bank to users. Those are the broad outlines. Support is on the table -- $200,000 a year from private sources -- a challenge, if you will, to find another $200,000 from private resources. The third to be provided from a combination of contracts and grants from the public side. With that I'll stop because we have with us Jim Hetland. Jim is the President of the Citizens Forum, has been heavily involved in this project and where it might go. And Jim I'll turn it to you and you can please make whatever comments you'd like. MR. HETLAND: Let me stay just with the data bank. If there are questions about Citizens Forum, I will respond to those. We're more widely recognized through the All-America City awards process which occurs annually at our conference on government. And the All-America City award is in fact local partnerships working successfully on local problems. And that process over the course of the past 30 odd years has given us a data bank that we have put together in a retrievable form which is called Civitech. And the Sivatech becomes the basis upon which we merge these two. Our data bank also includes the list material which again is the operational side -- the organized citizens' side of local government. So, we find our relationship and this new undertaking of the data bank one to be very exciting for us. We, too, think it's going to be very beneficial to organize local citizen groups and public, private partnerships. And three, it seems -- it's a logical extension from the existing task force function and data that they have accumulated over the past 12 months. MR. VERITY: Do you have any more questions of Jim or -- yes, ma'am? Q How does a city use the data bank? I mean, do they like call up and say we have this problem -- MR. HETLAND: It is broken down into so many refined subject matters-- which you can do now with the computers. So, that if an organization in a given local community has a problem in reference to the Wichita matter is quite typical. We are able to provide examples and most -- of other areas of the country that have dealt with similar problems. But most importantly to be able to refer that group to individuals who are active in the other community so it becomes a method of cross-referal and taking advantage of experiences and hopefully not requiring that we re-invent the wheel. Nothing is ever going to be identical. Each community is going to have to work it out in spite of this on its own particular basis. But it's good to have a place to start. Q Are you working with data bank now or -- MR. HETLAND: Civitech is operational currently and we're going to be MORE - 11 - merging the two together as soon as this process occurs. Q What's the cost for a city to tap into -- MR. HETLAND: Currently, Civitech is available on a gratuitous basis, it's free. I And after you're merged? MR. HETLAND: After we're merged I assume that for our -- most initial inquiries, it will continue to be free. Those that can afford to pay or want more extensive use will be paying in a schedule, as the data bank increases in volume and sophistication, it probably will, hopefully, have a small fee attached, primarily so that that data bank will become more self-supporting. MR. VERITY: We hope to get funding, which has been started by the Citizens Forum for three years. The idea being that if we can fund it for the next three years that it may be self-supporting at the end of three years. And that would be the goal. Q -- $200,000 initial -- MR. VERITY: $600,000 a year. Q Okay. MR. VERITY: $200,000 have been put up by the partners as a matching grant for $200,000 more from the private sector and $200,000 from the public sector. If there are no more questions, we'd be happy to show you the film, you're welcome to stay. If you would like, it's a film that we left with the President. The basis of this was that we felt that it would be helpful to him if he had something on film that shows some of the remarkable things that are going on around this country in the way of initiative and volunteering and partnerships. And the hope is that he will be able to use this with many different groups on many different occasions to communicate and to articulate his great concern for pro- viding the needs of our people, but finding new ways to do this. And so if you'd like to stay, we'd love to have you stay and share with us this film. Q One last question, you mentioned data bank examples. Is this available -- has this been made available to the news media? These examples. MR. VERITY: Anyone's been -- Yes, we've supplied newspapers and radio stations all around the country with examples. I'll tell you a little bit more about that. END 3:15 P.M. EST 13752 ID # CU WHITE HOUSE FG258-14 CORRESPONDENCE TRACKING WORKSHEET O OUTGOING Roberts H INTERNAL I - INCOMING Date Correspondence Received (YY/MM/DD) / / Name of Correspondent: Jany Monrhead MI Mail Report User Codes: (A) (B) (C) Subject: Statement as agreement hr Partnerships Dataline U.S.A ROUTE TO: ACTION DISPOSITION Tracking Type Completion Action Date of Date Office/Agency (Staff Name) Code YY/MM/DD Response Code YY/MM/DD WHolland ORIGINATOR 821207 / / Referral Note: CUATIS D DD 12,12,08 5 821 1217 Referral Note: / / / / - Referral Note: / / / / - Referral Note: / / / / Referral Note: ACTION CODES: DISPOSITION CODES: A Appropriate Action I - Info Copy Only/No Action Necessary A Answered C Completed C Comment/Recommendation R - Direct Reply w/Copy B - - Non-Special Referral S Suspended D Draft Response S For Signature F Furnish Fact Sheet X Interim Reply to be used as Enclosure FOR OUTGOING CORRESPONDENCE: Type of Response = Initials of Signer Code = "A" Completion Date = Date of Outgoing Comments: Keep this worksheet attached to the original incoming letter. Send all routing updates to Central Reference (Room 75, OEOB). Always return completed correspondence record to Central Files. Refer questions about the correspondence tracking system to Central Reference, ext. 2590. 5/81 7 THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON 1137524 Date: 12/7 TO: Frod Fielding/Dick Horser FROM: JAY MOORHEAD Special Assistant to the President Private Sector Initiatives Information Action Let's Discuss Pls review This IS group that Bank will take over Task Force Data " Dade Neal Statement of Agreement Partnerships Dataline U.S.A. has been announced as a permanent, national, on-line computerized clearinghouse on the burgeoning field of public-private partnerships for community advancement in cities and rural areas across the United States. It represents in itself an important public-private partnership: + It will be a culmination and continuation of a major aspect of the work of the President's Task Force on Private Sector Initiatives, which concludes its work this month, by assuming responsibility for managing and making available to all interested citizens, civic groups, governments and foundations the Task Force's database of some 2,000 grassroots public-private partnership efforts. + Central management of Partnerships Dataline U.S.A. will be undertaken by the Citizens Forum on Self-Government (formerly the National Municipal League), an 84-year old, nonpartisan nationwide civic organization which for over a quarter century has sponsored the annual- All-America Cities Award program. Citizens Forum headquarters are in New York City. + Acting as cosponsor of the effort and official Washington, D.C. outlet for the database will be Partners for Livable Places, a six-year old organization with 400 members (roughly half other nonprofit organizations) devoted to increasing the quality of life in American cities and towns through an "economics of amenity" program and related efforts. + The Citizens Forum will fold into the Partnerships Dataline U.S.A. system its own automated "Civitex" data system including All-America Cities entrants. Partners for Livable Places will contribute data from its own computerized clearinghouse. All other national organizations with constituencies involved in grassroots public-private partnerships will be invited to participate in the system, both by submitting outstanding case studies for the databank and tapping the databank for the benefit of their own constituencies. Among the organizations that have already agreed to participate in this full sense are VOLUNTEER: The - 2 - ional Center for Citizen Involvement, the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), the tional Urban Coalition (check) and the International Downtown Executives Association eck). All public-private partnership examples will be appropriately verified before being ced on the system. + A (Management) (Coordinating) (Implementation) Committee will be established to ersee system design and development by the Citizens Forum and other participating ganizations. Alexander B. Trowbridge, president of the National Association of anufacturers, has agreed to serve as chairman of the (Name) Committee. C. William rity, Jr., chairman of the President's Task Force on Private Sector Initiatives, will be one the other members, as will Kenneth Allen, president of VOLUNTEER, and (Carl Holman or her black or neighborhood-oriented person to show balance?) + To cover the estimated $600,000 annual operating cost of the Partnerships Dataline .S.A. system for a start-up period of three years, the Citizens Forum and Partners have ach agreed to raise or commit from their own resources $100,000 a year, or a third of the otal. Matching those "challenge" grants, for the system, the White House will seek to ommit another third ($200,000 a year) from federal grants and departmental contracts. The emaining $200,000 a year will be sought from corporate and foundation contributions. User lees afforable to potential users will be introduced gradually. It is hoped that user fees and corporate and foundation contributions, raised both locally and nationally, will be sufficient to und the system regularly by the end of the third year. + In addition to its' computerized databank, which is expected to expand to several housand community partnership entries during the first year, Partnerships Dataline U.S.A. vill maintain constantly updated "state of the art" summaries on various aspects of ublic-private partnerships and refer querying individuals or groups to organizations able to rovide technical assistance. + It is intended that Partnerships Dataline U.S.A. have a focus as wide as grassroots ublic-private partnerships themselves-from cooperative school, youth employment and social ervice programs to efforts to promote city and neighborhood economic development, reduce THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release December 8, 1982 PRESS BRIEFING BY WILLIAM VERITY ON PRIVATE SECTOR INITIATIVES TASK FORCE Room 450 OEOB 2:35 P.M. EST MR. VERITY: Ladies and gentlemen, I'm happy to have this chance to talk with the media about the Private Sector Initiatives Task Force. We have a film that we presented to the President at lunch which we'll be happy to show you at the appropriate time. I thought rather than starting out with the film that I would make some remarks and answer your questions. I have with me Jerry Guth, who is the Executive Director of the Task, and Jim Hetland, who is with the National Municipal League, or the Citizens Forum, who is the organiza- tion that will take over our data bank. And they're up here to answer your questions. I thought, very quickly, the President asked this Task Force just a year ago to try to get the leaders of the major institutions in this country to refocus on the power of private initiative, volunteer- ism and public/private partnerships. The President was convinced that a great deal was going on in the country that was of a creative and innovative manner and that perhaps this Task Force could find some of these things that were going on and try to surface them and then get those replicated by others. And what he really suggested is, he said, "Please uncover the best of what is being done around the country in organizations or individuals helping solve problems in their community and then share those success stories with as many people as you can around the country who are interested in doing likewise, so that they don't have to re- invent the wheel. And then, please leave behind when you terminate your work some vehicles or mechanisms to carry on the work of private sector initiative." 272 And so that really is what we have done. And I thought that I would discuss very quickly and briefly some of those things. First, as to the data bank, the data bank is something that the Task Force is extremely proud of. We did successfully include in a computerized data bank 2,500 examples of private initiative and partnerships around the country where they have successfully solved a problem in a community. That data bank will be continued, thank goodness, by Jim Hetland's group. And I'll talk about that in just a minute. Some of the other things that were done were to stimulate and develop task forces at the state level by 42 governors. We have 200 to 300 national organizations that have put this work on their agenda. We have been able to establish contribution strategies for individuals, corporations and foundations. We have found a lot of impediments that keep the private sector from being as effective as it would like. And we have searched out and found incentives which will make things happen, particularly in the way of job creation and MORE - 2 - job training. I think the big story of the Task Force is what it has been able to do in finding these remarkable things that are going on around the country. As an example, in the governors' task forces, there are two or three outstanding ones in the country, which you may want to follow up on more. But Governor Atiyeh in Oregan did a remarkable thing when he called together all the leaders of his state back in July and said, "I want to really do what this State can in the new federalism and also this turn from financing everything through the federal govern- ment and putting more back to the states and the cities." And from that meeting he formed a task force which has been very active in working on the particular problems of the State of Oregon, from job training, health care, the elderly, job creation and so forth. Governor Riley in South Carolina has done an outstanding job. So has Governor Thone in Nebraska. So has Governor Busby in Georgia. Those people have done outstanding jobs where they have put task forces in place much like the President's Task Force. And those will be in place for some time. Many national organizations have been doing outstanding work. And I think the Jaycees, I take my hat off to them. They are forming community foundations sponsored by the Jaycees in communities throughout this country. They are actually -- have a goal of 7,000. And these are community foundations in which you try to get contributions and the Jaycees will take a leadership role in doing that, to fund them. And then these foundations, with a local board of directors, funnel the funds from the foundation to the things that are needed in that particular community, whether it's seed money to start a new corporation, whether it's to take care of somebody who's had a disaster, whether it's to sponsor some worthwhile activity that's occurring in that community. The Business Roundtable has taken a lead in encouraging each of the executives, who are members of the Business Roundtable, to take leadership roles in forming community partnerships in every com- munity in which they have a major operation. We all know that to make things happen in communities it takes leadership and for the Business Roundtable to step out and encourage executives in that group to actually have executives in that corporation around the country take part in helping form these com- munity partnerships, which fundamentally are partnerships between the city government and the private sector, to make things happen in that community. The Association of Community Colleges has already had 12 seminars on how to put together community partnerships. And the Community College Association will be doing more of this throughout the year. Many cities have done outstanding things. Wichita, Kansas, has been transformed from a city that was in some despair to one that's alive and well and really growing, all as a result of private sector initiatives which started with their television station, a station called KEKE, who came up with the idea that why don't they try to find the 10 most difficult problems in that community and then search the country to see if there aren't places where they have successfully solved those problems and bring them back and show that on prime time television. And this is what they've done. They've taken a vignette of a problem, such as providing legal service to those who can't afford it. And they found out that in Concord, New Hampshire that they had solved that problem. They took film footage of that, brought it back to Wichita and said, "Can't we do it here?" Well, they had 10 of those and then that became 28 and now that city is really alive with initiatives which are making things happen in Wichita. MORE - 3 - The same thing has happened in Richmond, Virginia, in Baltimore, Kansas City, Seattle throughout the country cities are realizing that they must be more self-reliant, they will have to take more ini- tiative themselves to try to solve their problems. There are very many of these and I don't want to bore you with going through a lot of them. We will be happy to talk about them in any category you would like. The point is that the principle work of the task force has been to surface these kinds of things and then to encourage others, whether it is national organizations, civic groups, communities, to initiate that kind of action in their communi- ties as a way of solving problems. So as the task force winds down to- day we told the President that what we are leaving with him is first the film that we would be please to show you, but secondly that there is no question in my mind and the minds of the members of the task force that there is in the national vocabulary now private initiative, volunteering, and public-private partnerships. People are talking about them, they are studying them, they are wondering how they can make them more effec- tive. And it will, we believe, bring in the new way that we are going to manage providing services to people in this country where it will not all be just by the federal government, but it will be continued by the federal government but it will be done through these other means of private initiative, volunteering, and public-private partnerships. So ladies and gentlemen, I think that is enough for us to get started and I would be happy to answer any of your questions. Q In your study, is there any evidence that voluntarism and so forth has increased in the last two years, with the budget cuts and so forth? Can you tell whether there is an increase or not? MR. VERITY: We had a group led by Frank Pace that was in charge of our volunteering committee. They tell us that in the past year volunteering has reached a new high of 93 million Americans. Now I don't know how firm that figure is. It is a figure that came from Frank and his group. It is their opinion that volunteering is at a new high, that in troubled times people realize that they are needed more than ever before and in such times are willing to pitch in. And from my own observations I would say that volunteer- ing is well, alive, and growing in the United States. Q And how is that -- the broader question is, initiatives and all, is there any sign that business, for example, is investing more money in charitable endeavors? MR. VERITY: Yes, I think that business is more involved at this point in time than they have ever been for good reason. One is, businesses realize, I think more than ever before, that it is good, sound business and in their self-interest to make sure that the communi- ties in which they operate are healthy. And in times like this, when there is despair in many of our communities, and we all know that it is there, by getting business involved and finding what the needs are, and then sitting down and talking about what can we do to help. This is requiring businesses to do more than ever before. The task force has put out a guide to corporate involvement in the community in which we are suggesting the ways that corporations can be more effective, particularly with in-kind giving, making people available to help solve problems of the community, making facilities available and encouraging volunteers -- all of those things that are resources that a corporation can use to help solve community problems. And as you know, we have established guidelines for giving with corporations, of trying to reach 2 percent pre-tax income by 19 -- in the next four years. Many communities have accepted this. There are 2 percent and 5 percent clubs springing up around the country. That is a community in which the corporations have banded together and say we will work towards your goal of reaching 2 percent within the next four years. Norfolk, Virginia and Richmond, Virginia near here have got very MORE - 4 - effective 2 percent clubs and 5 percent clubs. Q How does that 2 percent goal compare to what is the case now? MR. VERITY: I missed that. Q You said that you have 2 percent of pre-tax goals for the next four years? What is the standard now? MR. VERITY: Oh, the current level? The current level of corporate giving is about $3 billion in 1981, and we suggested that corporations set a goal of doubling that to $6 billion in the next four years, and that they also double their in-kind giving. The in-kind is what I just suggested, the kind of thing that corporations can do other than give money. As for individual giving we have suggested that indi- viduals also try to double their giving in the next four years. Indivi- duals now give about $45 billion per year. That represents about 2 or 2.5 percent of their income. The thought was that perhaps we could move that figure closer to 5 percent in the next five years. Q Mr. Verity, two months ago the voluntary sector re- ported that voluntary agencies were being particularly hard-hit by the budget cuts of the administration. Did your task force look at that and what is your analysis of how the budget cuts have affected volun- tary activities? MR. VERITY: You are talking about particularly not-for- profit organizations who had -- Q Yes, largely social service agencies and others that received a fair amount of federal money in order to carry out their work, and also many of them found themselves overburdened by the in- creased need left by budget cuts. MR. VERITY: I think this is a very -- a difficult area. There is not any question that a lot of not-for-profit organi- zations over time were encouraged to accept federal funds because the federal government wantedeto use them as a vehicle to get things done. And so many of these organizations did receive federal funding and over time it became a substantial part of their income. So as the federal government has said, we no longer can afford to do as many things as we've been doing. It has concerned the not-for-profit organizations. They are concerned that they will not be able to fulfill what they consider to be their mission because of less funding. What is occurring is that these organizations, under- standing the changes that are taking place, are doing all they can to find resources in the private sector to help replace some of that federal funding. They are using more volunteers than ever before. And they are reviewing their priorities to see MORE - 5 - what are the important things that we need to do and that we know that we can do best with the resources that we have, and use that as the focal part of what that organization is trying to do. But this is a change in which these organizations feel threatened. They are, I think, responding very well. But it does mean a new way of life for many of them. Yes, ma'am? Q You spoke about impediments. And I know that Barber Conable was chairing a committee to identify legislative impediments. Can you speak specifically as to what some of them are? MR. VERITY: I will be happy to talk about it briefly. That is one thing that, in the report that you have a copy of, you may find of interest, because his committee's report is in there. And he as a lot of interesting impediments. Actually, what he did was to make observations about those kinds of things that are, as he says -- "could release greater public sector initiative than already exists." And he comments in 29 different areas of where there are impediments. These have to do with individual giving, tax treatement, artistic works, charitable trusts, regulations, and all kinds of things. What he did is that -- all of these items that they surfaced, he sent to the appropriate committee of Congress -- that could do something about it. And he has agreed that, for the coming year, he will continue to do that with all of the impediments that are surfaced through his office. So we are hopeful that, with his work and with what the state task forces will do -- because Barber Conable came up with the fact that there really is not so much at the federal level that is deterring private sector initiative as much as at the state and local level. And so he has sent to Governors, particular Governors, all of the impediments that have been surfaced by his committee. Q This may continue beyond the termination? MR. VERITY: No. The committee terminates. Barber Conable is sufficiently interested in this work. And because he has been a focal point, he just has said -- "For all information that comes to me on such matters, I will continue to send them to the appropriate committee of Congress." And I would imagine that Jay Moorehead, who will continue as the Special Assistant to the President -- as these things surface, will be sending those to Mr. Conable. I would assume, Jay, that that is right? MR. MOOREHEAD: Yes. Q You have mentioned that you would like the corporations to increase their giving to two percent. What percentage is the current rate? MR. VERITY: The average at the moment, in 1981, was very close to one percent, pre-tax income -- on the average. We are suggesting that you double that over the next MORE - 6 - four years to two percent, pre-tax income. Q You have noted an increase in this last year in voluntary efforts. I think that there are two organizations that monitor corporate philanthropy. Do you know whether there has been a similar increase in corporate philanthropy? MR. VERITY: In the last half of 1981 -- which is, I guess, the last really solid figures that they had, corporate giving in those last six months was up seven percent. We have an expert here in Burt Knauft. But? MR. KNAUFT: I think that the projection is that, for 1982, companies, on average, would be going up 11 percent from the prior year in dollars. Of course, we do not have projections -- or there have not been any from '83 that I know of. Q Rather than projections, do you have any actual figures on what the -- this last year has been? Instead projecting, what actual figures -- MR. KNAUFT: '81 was up 11 percent over '80. That is actual. And the figures that I cite for the 11 percent for '82 are based on asking a sampling of companies what they have actually budgeted. So the '82 figures that I cited are more than a projection. They are actual companies saying what they have in their '82 budgets. Now, that 11 percent -- you have to recognize that there is a wide variation among companies on that, of course -- a big spread. So that is just an average from a sample. MR. VERITY: Yes, sir? Q I am curious to know, do you see the success of the task force over the last year as having set some kind of an example that shows that these kinds of efforts can be undertaken? Or do you see it in maybe a longer-term time frame? The President spoke at the luncheon about having to change or create a new state-of-mind. Have you done that in 12 months? MR. VERITY: I think that this change eccurred before this task force was named. I think that it has been happening over the last two to three to four years -- of whether there has been a general feeling in the country that maybe the federal government has gotten too big and too burdensome. And is there not some other way to service needs. of people? And this President has felt strongly about it, and has articulated it since his inaugural address. And one of the things that he thought might be helpful in moving the country in that direction was this task force. And I would say that, over the past year, we have helped develop an awareness among the people and among institutions and others that there is a movement away from federal government back to states and communities, that there is a need for individual citizens to be more involved in solving the problems of their communities. And I certainly do not think that this a one-year deal. I think that this is a long-term change -- of which we are in the middle of the change. And our task force has only been able to be a catalyst to try to increase that awareness among different facets of our society. And in that sense, I think that we have made a contribution. We know that service clubs are more active than they have been in many, many years on meaningful things at the MORE - 7 - community level, as are religious organizations, corporations, organized labor. All of these institutions are taking this as a part of their agenda, and are thinking about how they can work into the fabric that they see coming out of this change. Q The President, I think, when he first established this task force and in subsequent references to it, talked about shifting away programs now that are traditionally undertaken by government to the private sector. Have you set the stage for that sweeping a change, that sweeping diversion of resources? Or is your effort, basically, an adjunct to that? MR. VERITY: I think that we are just part of that effort, and part of that movement. One of the things that the President did earlier this week at a Cabinet meeting -- where we had a chance to make a presentation to the Cabinet of what the task force had done this past year -- MORE - 8 - and we did, as you know, work with each of the departments on trying to find what they were doing in the way of private initiative and volunteering and partnership. The President said to the Cabinet, "In 1983, as you promulgate new programs, new projects, I want you to consider, first of all, is this something that could be better done by the private sector or is it something that might be done through public, private partnerships before you go ahead and try to allocate federal money to make that happen. Now, that is a significant step if you have the highest levels of government instead of just thinking and funding things with federal money of being required to consider anyway, could this be leased out to the private sector. Could a partnership between government and several organizations get this job done better than trying to find a federal agency to be funded and do the job. I think you'll see a great deal more of that happening. I can't credit the task force with those kind of things except that we have stimulated an awareness that maybe this is the way we should go. Yes, sir? Q Sir, you talk about an awareness and setting an example, has there been any -- do you monitor at all -- have any indication -- talking about leadership -- has the executive branch of the government, for example, and the members of the executive branch, regarding volunteerism, for example, do you have any indication that some of those people in charge are not only talking about it but doing something themselves? MR. VERITY: I was amazed to find a lot going on. One of our committees chaired by Gene Harris and in which Wendell Butler, who's here, worked very hard with Jay Moorehead as our coordinator. We investigated with a designated person from each department and agency what they were doing. We took a look at 40 departments. We found 480 different initiatives that were going on in these departments and agencies. And, for instance, in HHS we found that they gave us the figure that they have 760,000 volunteers working on HHS programs. So, my answer is, yes, there's a lot going on, not just talk, in these departments and agencies and I have the feeling in the coming year there will be a lot more action by these departments and agencies. Yes ma'am? Q One thing in your report, I noticed that the term "social investment" has been termed something that is a little too narrow and I'm wondering if you have a new vocabulary word to replace it? MR. VERITY: Social investment -- we have used the word in helping communities and job creation. We've used the word -- that you need contributing, you need volunteering, and you need investing. And the simple fact is that until you invest in making something happen in the community, nothing will. Maybe -- Jerry, do you have a thought on social investing? I'd like to get Jerry up here to say a few words because he is the Executive Director of this task force. He knows more about what's going on in the work of the task force than anyone and I wouldn't want you to be deprived of hearing from Jerry. MR. GUTH: I hope you agree out there when I'm finished. You know that term "social investing" and a number of our staff people have worked hard with a whole range of organizations who represent the capital structure of this country in putting together the Investing in America book is one of those terms that strikes us in our work on this task force -- that sounds interesting and rich with meaning but doesn't have a great deal. What we're really saying is that it is within properly the purview of economic MORE - 9 - institutions called businesses in their communities to use their capital directed toward physical plant, buildings, transportation systems, neighborhoods, and all those other kinds of things that are part of the health of that community. And that in fact there are tremendous opportunities for those dollars leveraged through other private institutions in the community to get a great number of things done that formally we have thought only could be done by federal or public state dollars. So, that's what we mean when we talk about investing in America. It's big and it ought to be -- I heartily recommend you spend time with that book because you'll find that there are just some astounding things going on as regards how these dollars -- whether the thrift saving institutions, pension funds, whatever there might be, are being used with others to get these things done. Q The initial -- in the preface it says that "social investment" is a term you find too narrow to be used for what you've just described. I'm wondering if you have a new term or a new concept that you're -- MR. GUTH: I really don't. I would just say that the capital dollars, as is the case with human resources, as is the case with dollars donated philanthropically by individuals and institutions play a very, very important role in this whole thing taken together self-reliance in solving problems at the local level. Maybe a new, more useful term will evolve over the next few years. Are there any other questions or comments -- Q Is someone going to talk about the data bank? MR. GUTH: I,was hoping so because I was going to raise the question with you if none of you did. I think it's a terribly important subject. I got here late. I had problems getting through the security. Bill, you did comment on partnership data, USA? MR. VERITY: No, just at the beginning, I mentioned it. But I said we'd mention it later. So, why don't you -- MR. GUTH: I'll get it started. One of the things that Bill did touch on quickly was the data bank. It now has 2500 success stories of one kind or another in it. We've used those with great success to communicate the reality, the richness, the diversity -- who, what, where, when and why -- what's going on in this country -- a couple of things about it. Number one, it's the tip of the iceberg. What we think we know about volunteerism initiative and partnership is grossly understated. Two -- three things about it. Two, those realities helped us immensely, to your question sir, have an impact on peoples' attitudes and expectations as regards what they could do. We convinced them to check their references, if you will. And three, they were immensely useful to a whole host of not for profit organizations and other local community based groups who are wrestling with problems now. The President asked us as we did our work to leave behind some mechanisms that would continue this work. The data bank enriched, enlarged, and verified on a continuing basis, built out not just to include more narrowly defined initiatives but broad community partnerships is a good example of a powerful mechanism. As a result, we worked hard to find -- and it wasn't really that hard, I guess, to find them. It was probably trickier to get it together. But we were very concerned that we have a MORE - 10 - home for that data bank in the private sector, that it could be enriched and enlarged. And what has evolved is something called "Partnership Dataline USA.' And two organizations who have spent a lot of time as a beginning step in this area have come forward -- Citizens Forum on Self-Government which is formerly the National Municipal League and Partners for Livable Places have come together and they are taking over that data bank as the managers, if you will, or organizers of that project. They will add to it their respective data banks in these areas. They will add to it the richness of materials in Investing in America and in some of the other products that we announced today. And they already have a host of other organizations who will be cooperating with them to build out that data bank and to merchandise or sell or make available that data bank to users. Those are the broad outlines. Support is on the table -- $200,000 a year from private sources -- a challenge, if you will, to find another $200,000 from private resources. The third to be provided from a combination of contracts and grants from the public side. With that I'll stop because we have with us Jim Hetland. Jim is the President of the Citizens Forum, has been heavily involved in this project and where it might go. And Jim I'll turn it to you and you can please make whatever comments you'd like. MR. HETLAND: Let me stay just with the data bank. If there are questions about Citizens Forum, I will respond to those. We're more widely recognized through the All-America City awards process which occurs annually at our conference on government. And the All-America City award is in fact local partnerships working successfully on local problems. And that process over the course of the past 30 odd years has given us a data bank that we have put together in a retrievable form which is called Civitech. And the Sivatech becomes the basis upon which we merge these two. Our data bank also includes the list material which again is the operational side -- the organized citizens' side of local government. So, we find our relationship and this new undertaking of the data bank one to be very exciting for us. We, too, think it's going to be very beneficial to organize local citizen groups and public, private partnerships. And three, it seems -- it's a logical extension from the existing task force function and data that they have accumulated over the past 12 months. MR. VERITY: Do you have any more questions of Jim or -- yes, ma'am? Q How does a city use the data bank? I mean, do they like call up and say we have this problem -- MR. HETLAND: It is broken down into so many refined subject matters-- which you can do now with the computers. So, that if an organization in a given local community has a problem in reference to the Wichita matter is quite typical. We are able to provide examples and most -- of other areas of the country that have dealt with similar problems. But most importantly to be able to refer that group to individuals who are active in the other community so it becomes a method of cross-referal and taking advantage of experiences and hopefully not requiring that we re-invent the wheel. Nothing is ever going to be identical. Each community is going to have to work it out in spite of this on its own particular basis. But it's good to have a place to start. Q Are you working with data bank now or -- MR. HETLAND: Civitech is operational currently and we going to be MORE - 11 - merging the two together as soon as this process occurs. Q What's the cost for a city to tap into -- MR. HETLAND: Currently, Civitech is available on a gratuitous basis, it's free. Q And after you're merged? MR. HETLAND: After we're merged I assume that for our -- most initial inquiries, it will continue to be free. Those that can afford to pay or want more extensive use will be paying in a schedule, as the data bank increases in volume and sophistication, it probably will, hopefully, have a small fee attached, primarily so that that data bank will become more self-supporting. MR. VERITY: We hope to get funding, which has been started by the Citizens Forum for three years. The idea being that if we can fund it for the next three years that it may be self-supporting at the end of three years. And that would be the goal. Q -- $200,000 initial -- MR. VERITY: $600,000 a year. Q Okay. MR. VERITY: $200,000 have been put up by the partners as a matching grant for $200,000 more from the private sector and $200,000 from the public sector. If there are no more questions, we'd be happy to show you the film, you're welcome to stay. If you would like, it's a film that we left with the President. The basis of this was that we felt that it would be helpful to him if he had something on film that shows some of the remarkable things that are going on around this country in the way of initiative and volunteering and partnerships. And the hope is that he will be able to use this with many different groups on many different occasions to communicate and to articulate his great concern for pro- viding the needs of our people, but finding new ways to do this. And so if you'd like to stay, we'd love to have you stay and share with us this film. Q One last question, you mentioned data bank examples. Is this available -- has this been made available to the news media? These examples. MR. VERITY: Anyone's been -- Yes, we've supplied newspapers and radio stations all around the country with examples. I'll tell you a little bit more about that. END 3:15 P.M. EST the President's Task Force on Private Sector Initiatives BUILDING FOR USE AFTER 1:00 p.m. PARTNERSHIPS WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8 CONTACT: CAROLYN TIEGER (202) 395-7362 TASK FORCE DATA BANK WILL HAVE NEW HOME THAT? A recently-formed organization Partnerships Dataline USA, will be the new home of the President's Task Force on Private Sector Initiatives project data bank--a computerized collection of more than 2500 examples of private sector initiatives and public/private partnerships. During the past year, the Task Force has shared these examples with communities around the country as possible alternatives for addressing local problems. In its final report to the President today, the Task Force recommended that the data bank be continued. Partnerships Dataline USA, a public/private partnership itself, has been organized to make the recommendation a reality. Central management of Partnerships Dataline USA will be undertaken by the Citizens Forum on Self-Government (formerly the National Municipal League), an 84-year-old nonpartisan civic organization which for over a quarter century has sponsored the All-America Cities Awards. A cosponsor and official Washington, D.C., home for the database will be Partners for Livable Places, a 400-member group devoted to increasing the quality of community life. Other organizations with constituencies involved in grass- roots public/private partnerships also will be invited to participate. Several have already agreed, including VOLUNTEER: The National Center for Citizen Involvement, the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), and the Association of Neighborhood Enterprises. A special committee, chaired by National Association of Manufacturers president Alexander Trowbridge, will oversee the system design and development. Committee members will include C. William Verity, Jr., chairman of the President's Task Force on Private Sector Initiatives; James L. Hetland, president of the Citizens Forum; Robert McNulty, president of Partners, and others to be named shortly. 734 Jackson Place .V. W. Washington. D.C. 20500. Telephone (202) 395-7362 To cover the estimated $600,000 yearly operating costs for a start-up period of three years, the Forum and Partners have each agreed to commit from their own resources $100,000 each for each of the three years. The remainder will come from corporate, foundation and government sources. User fees and corporate and foundations contributions are expected to be sufficient to fund the system regularly by the end of the third year. Partnerships Dataline USA expects to expand the bank by several thousand examples plus provide constantly updated "state of the art" summaries on public/private partnerships. The organization will have a focus as wide as grassroots partnerships themselves-- from cooperative school, youth employ- ment and social service programs to efforts supporting neigh- borhood economic development and crime and violence reduction. ### Administration of Ronald Reagan, 1981 / Oct. 14 tance to Nancy and to me. Nations are Mr. Hodsoll is a member of the New York more often than not remembered for their Bar and was formerly associated with Sulli- art and thought. As I stated at the time of van and Cromwell. He has managed a Brit- establishing the Task Force, our cultural in- ish trading company in the Philippines and stitutions are an essential national resource. has acted (with his wife) as general contrac- They must be kept strong. tor of two houses in McLean. Originally So, I thank you all once again for being from California, Mr. Hodsoll has degrees here, and I thank you all for this report. from Yale, Cambridge, and Stanford Law And I will read it. Thank you all. School. As an undergraduate, he was active in college theater and radio. Note: The President spoke at 1:10 p.m. in Mr. Hodsoll is married to the former Mar- the East Room at the White House. The garet McEwen of Winnetka, Ill. He has two three Cochairmen of the Task Force are Dr. children and resides in McLean, Va. He was Hanna H. Gray (Chairman for the Human- born May 1, 1938. ities), Charlton Heston (Chairman for the Arts), and Ambassador at Large for Cultur- al Affairs Daniel J. Terra (Chairman for the Federal Government). President's Task Force on Private Sector Initiatives National Endowment for the Arts Executive Order 12329. October 14, 1981 Nomination of Francis S. M. Hodsoll To Be By the authority vested in me as Presi- Chairman. October 14, 1981 dent by the Constitution of the United States of America, and in order to establish, The President today announced his inten- in accordance with the provisions of the tion to nominate Francis S. M. Hodsoll to be Federal Advisory Committee Act, as Chairman of the National Endowment for amended (5 U.S.C. App. I), a task force on the Arts for a term of 4 years. He would private sector initiatives policy of the succeed Livingston L. Biddle, Jr. United States, it is hereby ordered as fol- Mr. Hodsoll is currently Deputy Assistant lows: to the President and Deputy to Chief of Staff James A. Baker III. He has served in Section 1. Establishment. (a) There is es- this capacity since January 20, 1981. His tablished the President's Task Force on Pri- responsibilities have included a variety of vate Sector Initiatives. The Task Force shall White House policy assignments and serv- be composed of members who shall be ap- ing as White House liaison for the Presiden- pointed by the President from among pri- tial Task Force on the Arts and Humanities. vate citizens of the United States, public Prior to joining the White House, Mr. officials from State and local governments, Hodsoll served in the Reagan-Bush cam- and members of the Legislative and Execu- paign as staff coordinator of preparation for tive Branches of the Federal government. the debates. He was previously a Foreign No more than one member shall be a full Service officer and Deputy U.S. Special time officer or employee of the Executive Representative for Nonproliferation at the Branch. The members shall serve at the Department of State (1978-80). In the Ford pleasure of the President. administration, Mr. Hodsoll was Deputy As- (b) The President shall designate a Chair- sistant Secretary of Commerce for Energy man from among the members of the Task and Strategic Resource Policy and Assistant Force. to the Under Secretary of Commerce. He had previously been a Special Assistant to Sec. 2. Functions. (a) The Task Force shall the Administrator of EPA. advise the President, the Secretary of Com- 1129 Oct. 14 / Administration of Ronald Reagan, 1981 merce, and other Executive agency heads Meeting With Representative Eugene with respect to: V. Atkinson of Pennsylvania (1) Methods of developing, supporting and promoting private sector leadership Remarks to Reporters Following the and responsibility for meeting public needs. Meeting. October 14, 1981 (2) Recommendations for appropriate action by the President to foster greater The President. Representative McDade, public-private partnerships and to decrease Secretary Drew Lewis, and the guest for the dependence on government. occasion, Eugene Atkinson: (b) The Task Force shall serve as a focal I've invited you here today for what I point for private sector action addressing think is an historic occasion, to welcome the public problems. 193d and newest Republican Member of Sec. 3. Administration. (a) The heads of the House of Representatives-the Honor- Executive agencies shall, to the extent per- able Eugene Atkinson of Pennsylvania. mitted by law, provide the Task Force with Congressman Atkinson is changing his such information with respect to private registration from Democrat to Republican. sector initiatives issues as may be necessary He's undertaken an act of outstanding polit- for the effective performance of its func- ical courage that symbolizes the beginning tions. of a new coalition and a new era in Ameri- (b) Members of the Task Force shall serve can politics. As many of you know, Gene without any compensation for their work on and I first became acquainted April 21st, the Task Force. However, they may be al- when I telephoned him seeking support for lowed travel expenses, as authorized by law the Gramm-Latta budget proposal. And I for persons serving intermittently in the put on my best pitch on the telephone and government service (5 U.S.C. 5701-5707), then he said to me, "I am fully supportive to the extent funds are available therefor. of your programs." And it was then that I (c) The Department of Commerce shall, discovered that they had put the call to the extent permitted by law and subject through to him where he was the guest on to the availability of funds, provide the Task a talk show, on radio, and he was doing this Force with such administrative services, before a live radio audience, and my call funds, facilities, staff and other support had caught him there. Since then, we've services as may be necessary for the effec- gotten to know each other much better. tive performance of its functions. I've profited immeasurably from Gene's Sec. 4. General Provisions. (a) Notwith- knowledge of the steel industry, which is so standing the provisions of any other Execu- vitally important to the working men and tive order, the responsibilities of the Presi- women of his 25th district in Pennsylvania. dent under the Federal Advisory Commit- In another sense, Gene and I actually go tee Act, as amended, except that of report- back well before last April, as his odyssey ing annually to the Congress, which are ap- from Democrat to Republican is so striking- plicable to the Task Force established by ly parallel to my own. this Order, shall be performed by the Sec- Both Gene and I have long shared the retary of Commerce in accordance with the same concerns for the plight of the working guidelines and procedures established by man in America. I was president of a labor the Administrator of General Services. union, while Gene lived and worked his (b) The Task Force shall terminate on De- entire life in an area that embodies the blue cember 31, 1982, unless sooner extended collar wage earner as much as anywhere in the United States. As Democrats, both Gene Ronald Reagan and I did the hard volunteer chores for the The White House, candidates of our choice. But as the time October 14, 1981. went on, we both came to the realization that our party, the party we belonged to, [Filed with the Office of the Federal Regis- had drawn away from the concerns that we ter, 4:17 p.m., October 14, 1981] shared-the size of the Federal Govern- 1130 1. any actual turning over, etc., must be done by or an w/authorization of Commerce senty and be done by TF stulf, since thats more then advising 5 U.S.C. app. I 59. 2. Dade Neal has determined that databoe is an agency record, w/in 5 U.S.C. F 552 (m memo) (?). meth Must be retained G Commerce. 44 U.S.C. 3314 doesn't bar, since not alimating or dising, any more than Do at when comply m/FOIA. 3. Possible problems w/ turning over to private group. Can be considered form of months - but developed in annual way ( minute worker, donated terminals). 4. Recipient problems: will change fees Presennably non-grafit also non-discrim Do we need clearer subscrards? Net Hope THEY HAD $ 3 groups presented for bank } others are wating group counter large ox will > donors funding for 3yr. period $100,000 per non-profit orgs there have asked, his given. They will update, etc.: Commerce will have do file, can FOIA that check 445 U.S. 136: aliention of records refers to 201 F.2l 711 not heaping copy TALK: RAH, ADN, M.C., NEIL HEPP 1. review, but went alend RAN, ADN prelim review. 5 ( release, Carb) 2. TF advise 3. and utention 4. hood nube MEMO : JM: - TF can't - periods keep - mate groups : sines came covern : access: their own, will nation file; Ateins will charge. Read Relention Gunde: nothing JOAN A. HAMMOND 513/762-8316 THE WHITE HOUSE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY RELATIONS WASHINGTON YES 501(c)(3) Iran kand -mon-proft YES - fees ?_ - NOT MAKE $ EAGLE SAVINGS ASSOCIATION - funding? 580 WALNUT ST. CINCINNATI, OHIO 45202 YES - open to all - what will you Do whit YES - Gov may have to release: FOIA. agency needed YE3 - relations w/ Partners, : DONE or own overight committee no - TF members: any conflict somitilities ? NO - anticymente any more formal agreement ? 3. Range of simes w/re: to relection of donce. How done: other joined me. not likely dispute. 4. river w/ me: to opention what they plan to do Open to all the of you amet; but not to fee angually, really hif than what people do and material them walk, mor. they nt under FOIA Come: meno alerting # 1 and E of do not know of more formal everyonent or dommentation of assessment is mee. again, if so, can't really be done by the TF - it can only advice AMOURTON HAMMOND 501(0)(3) the no fees intially - we you record, + will have to release FOIA - Partner nothed out - no IF reber / influt - No need for catact (?) calls Mike cartine neil Help 501c3 Joan Hammed meeting no fees Bill anderson will hap, + distibute Manderd TO: FFF FM: me RE: Partnerships Dataline USA (submitted for your On December 7, 1982, Jay movement mad review the proposed ageent under which the Presidents Tash Force - Private Sector Initiatives would transfer its dataland to Partnerships Dataline USA, amit thing - BP On December 8, however, the Task Free announced the agreement, both through a press release (Tab A) and at a press conference (Tab B). Richard Hancer and lade Neal had descrimed the broad outlines - the agreement with the Tach Force at an earlier meeting. Under the ageenent, the TF database will The be turned over to P.O. USA P.D. USA - will is: computed be managed by CF on SG, + Partner. a by committee will oversee. Fend $200 K, book, $200K. TF TF ging giving receive Open to all, hey up- to-date, eventual user free. fees. my review raises a number of legal issues: 1. TF cannot itall two over the detabol 5 U.S.C. app I 59: only advice. amail TF did set Cance, or Breg. 2. violate any provisions ? Dede: ag, records (memo attacked). If not heep, 18 USC 2071, 44 use 3314. TF advised of this, + will help copy at Commerce. Remind of this regisement. 3. range of issues w/ respect to selection. Open, group n/t. Other on working 4. issues w/re: to operation. Non profit opential the fees. So, memo to I. Monehed - T.F. not to do itulf sec that was accepted, by Prey or See Commerce - record copies retained, in some form, of what me give: read, as ant aliente ag records CC: RAH ADN - what is this database (printant, program, etc.) ? - where did it come from ? Fed funds used to compute it? - who do you think owne it now ? - who in twing it mer? TF can't, can only advice - why 2 groupe? Gov get any neturn ? any concern on limits they put on it? - adv. Comm. act cases - H.P. on property transfers - RAH on next step ADV. can RECORDS 44 USC 3308- 3310 2301 44 U.S.C. 3301 - records: made or need by bed a 3314- only way to dispose of or cliente records. examp, ate: donsted: gifts to Commerce office of admin storage discs machines loaved TF on WH voluteers certer time $ Hen, neil 295-7362 [datobase limin] chuh w/Dede NOT ALIENTING, JUST GIVING copy - record will be maintained at Commerce ( so not violating 44 U.S.C.3314, even assering ag records, since not driposing) PREZ 5 U.S.C.Aep. I 59 SECT COMMERC - based on TF rec: don't have TF two over T Possive - prob w/ turning over of you property to minute concern. 1. privately developed not time, machines. 2. undertaling to do things (not free ride) - and m/ recipient: 1. men- probit to we need 2. user fees clearer refeguards ? 3. non- discrim Dick Houser TF covelusion - designation - problem entity can take over ? records : regs must help at Comerace Call Hamer: Dede says they talked - agreement. - Key records at Commerce - TF only advise - limits on use? - what it others ask for it? - can't dispose of records, this not despinal?