Office files on the General Revenue Sharing program.
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Paul Myer, former administrative assistant to U.S. Congressman Herman Badillo, began working for the Domestic Council on August 1, 1975, was promoted to Assistant Director on November 23, 1975, and then to Associate Director on September 30, 1976. Myer was part of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, headed by Stephen G. McConahey. Myer's area of responsibility was almost entirely in General Revenue Sharing, but he was given a liaison responsibility for congressional relations on February 2, 1976.
General Revenue Sharing was enacted in October 1972 and made available over 30 billion dollars to the 50 states and over 38,000 communities. It was due to expire on December 31, 1976. Myer's function was to help coordinate Administration efforts to secure renewal and revision of General Revenue Sharing, including the monitoring of legislative action, and working with state and local governments and interest groups.
Materials consist of memoranda, reports, formula alternatives, correspondence, and publications. Almost all of the material is on General Revenue Sharing, but because of its intergovernmental nature, there are materials on the National Governors' Conference, National Association of Counties, and the National League of Cities and other groups.
Related Materials (Feb. 1979)
Related materials on General Revenue Sharing can be found in the files of James Cannon, Stephen McConahey, and James Falk of the Domestic Council. In the White House Central Files, see FA7 Revenue Sharing.
Details
6 linear feet (ca. 12,000 pages)
Gerald R. Ford (accession number 77-36)
Access
Open. Some items may be temporarily restricted under terms of the donor's deed of gift, a copy of which is available on request, or under National Archives and Records Administration general restrictions (36 CFR 1256).
Copyright
Gerald R. Ford donated to the United States of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to remain with them. Works prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public domain.
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Dennis Lakomy, February 1979