Abstract
The Congress and federal departments and agen cies are continually concerned with intergovernmental rela tions as new federal programs involving state and local gov ments are formulated, enacted, and administered. Institu tional arrangements for considering and dealing with problems of federal-state-local relations include the following: Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations—a continuing, 26-member, bipartisan body made up of representatives from national, state and local levels of government; Intergovern mental Relations Subcommittees of the Senate and House Committees on Government Operations; a consultant to the President on intergovernmental relations; a special assistant in the Budget Bureau; and assistant secretaries or special as sistants on federal-state-local relations in several departments and agencies.
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