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<br />000183 <br /> <br />EXECUTIVE ~. FICE OF THE PRESIDENT <br /> <br />BUREAU OF THE BUDGET <br />WASHINGTON. D.C. 20503 <br /> <br />July 24, 1969 <br /> <br />CIRCULAR NO. A-95 <br /> <br />TO THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND ESTABLISHMENTS <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Evaluation, review, and coordination of Federal assistance <br />programs and projects <br /> <br />1. Purpose. This Circular furnishes guidance to Federal agencies for <br />added cooperation with States and local governments in the evaluation, <br />review, and coordination of Federal assistance programs and projects. <br />The Circular promulgates regulations which provide, in part, for: <br /> <br />a. Encouraging the establishment of a project notification and <br />review system to facilitate coordinated development planning on an <br />intergovernmental basis for certain Federal assistance programs in <br />furtherance of section 204 of the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan <br />Development Act of 1966 (Attachment C), and Title IV of the Intergovern- <br />mental Cooperation Act of 1968 (Attachment B). <br /> <br />b. Notification, upon request, of Governors and State legislatures <br />of grantS-in-aid made under Federal programs in each State pursuant to <br />section 201 of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act of 1968 (Attachment <br />B) . <br /> <br />c. Coordination of Federal development programs and projects with <br />State, regional, and local development planning pursuant to Title IV of <br />the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act of 1968. <br /> <br />This Circular supersedes Circular No. A-80, dated January 31, 1967, <br />(Part II, Attachment A), and will supersede Circular No. A-82, Revised, <br />dated January 10, 1969, after September 30, 1969 (Part I, Attachment A). <br /> <br />2. Basis. This Circular has been prepared pursuant to: <br /> <br />a. Section 40l(a) of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act of 1968 <br />which provides, in part. that <br /> <br />"The President shall... establish rules and regulations <br />governing the formulation, evaluation. and review of Federal <br />programs and projects having a significant impact on area and <br />cODlDunity development ...." <br /> <br />and the President's Memorandum of November 8. 1968, to the Director of <br />the Bureau of the Budget ("Federal Register." Vol. 33, No. 221, <br />November 13, 1968) which provides: <br /> <br />(No. A-95) <br />