FINAL WARNING: Ready to Spring the Trap
Here is how the Ten Regions are organized (with the regional offices in
parenthesis):
1) Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts (Boston),
Connecticut, Rhode Island
2) New York (New York), New Jersey, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico
3) Pennsylvania (Philadelphia), Maryland, Delaware, West
Virginia, Virginia, District of Columbia
4) Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama,
Georgia (Atlanta), South Carolina, Florida
5) Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois (Chicago), Indiana,
Ohio
6) New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas (Dallas-Ft. Worth), Arkansas,
Louisiana
7) Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas (Kansas City), Missouri
8) Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Utah,
Colorado (Denver)
9) Arizona, Nevada, Hawaii, California (San Francisco), American
Samoa, Guam, N. Mariana Islands, Marshall Islands, Micronesia
10) Idaho, Washington (Seattle), Oregon, Alaska
In October, 1976, Jimmy Carter said before the National Association of
Regional Councils (NARC): “I believe that regional organizations
should be strengthened. If elected President, I intend first to upgrade
the role of regional councils representing the federal government to
assist State and local officials, as well as private citizens, in dealing
with federal agencies ... I also intend to encourage the development of
regional councils representing State and local governments.”
Carter expanded the Federal Regional System on July 20, 1979, with
Executive Order #12149, to “provide a structure for interagency and
intergovernmental cooperation ... to establish practical and
appropriate liaison functions with State, tribal, regional and local
officials.” Each of the Ten Councils were made up of a representative
from each of the following agencies: Dept. of the Interior; Dept. of
Agriculture; Dept. of Commerce; Dept. of Labor; Dept. of Health,
Education, and Welfare; Dept. of Housing and Urban Development;
Dept. of Transportation; Dept. of Energy; Environmental Protection
Agency; Community Services Administration; Office of Personnel