Federally Assisted Areawide Planning: Need To Simplify Policies and Practices

The Intergovernmental Cooperation Act of 1968 recognized the interrelated nature of most federal planning programs and the need to coordinate them. Twenty federally assisted areawide planning programs were reviewed to determine whether the procedures of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-95 adequately carry out the purposes of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act of 1968.