[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR1701.3]

[Page 300-301]
 
                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
     CHAPTER VII--ADVISORY COMMISSION ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
 
PART 1701--ORGANIZATION AND PURPOSE--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1701.3  Purpose.

    The underlying purpose of the Commission is to strengthen the 
ability of the United States federal system of government to meet the 
problems of an

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increasingly complex society by promoting greater cooperation, 
understanding and coordination of activities between the separate levels 
of government. More specifically the purpose of the Commission includes 
the objectives of:
    (a) Bringing together representatives of the Federal, State, and 
local governments for the consideration of common problem;
    (b) Providing a forum for discussing the administration and 
coordination of Federal grant and other programs requiring 
intergovernmental cooperation;
    (c) Giving critical attention to the conditions and controls 
involved in the administration of Federal grant programs;
    (d) Making available technical assistance to the executive and 
legislative branches of the Federal Government in the review of proposed 
legislation to determine its overall effect on the Federal system;
    (e) Encouraging discussion and study at an early stage of emerging 
public problems that are likely to require intergovernmental 
cooperation;
    (f) Recommending within the framework of the Constitution, the most 
desirable allocation of governmental functions, responsibilities, and 
revenues amount the several levels of government; and
    (g) Recommending methods of coordinating and simplifying tax laws 
and administrative practices to achieve a more orderly and less 
competitive fiscal relationship between the levels of government and to 
reduce the burden of compliance for taxpayers.