Mandate madness unjustified, commission says.(includes related article on Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations conference, and related information on mandate problems)

From: Nation's Cities Weekly | Date: January 22, 1996| Author: Fletcher, Jeff | Copyright information

The Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations has studied 14 federal mandates and has concluded that the state and local coverage in half of them should be repealed, while more flexibility with compliance is recommended in the remaining seven. Mandate details are discussed.

Unfunded federal mandates are a symptom that something is seriously wrong with American federalism, concludes a recent preliminary study of the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (ACIR.) ...

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