Federal Regional Councils: Networking Organizations for Policy Management in the Intergovernmental System

Abstract

Federal Regional Councils, ten high level interagency coordinating committees, were officially reestablished by President Reagan on July 22, 1981.1 At this time there was speculation in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) that the administration would give the FRCs one year to prove themselves, and that they might not be continued beyond that point. There seemed to be little support in the White House or in the Cabinet for reestablishing the FRC network. Reportedly, only David Stockman and Caspar Weinberger pressed for retention of the FRCs at this point. On October 30, 1981, the White House announced the appointment of chairpersons for the FRCs, an action that enabled the councils to become operational. Soon thereafter, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) initiated a review and evaluation of the FRC system. On February 4, 1983, the president accepted a recommendation that the FRCs be abolished, an action indicating the Reagan administration's conviction that the FRCs had not proved themselves.

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