1. Give cabinet secretaries and agency heads the flexibility to authorize selective relief from regulations or mandates. (3) Legislation should be enacted to allow federal management flexibility over domestic service delivery policies.[Endnote 4] The Government Performance and Results Act addresses this issue in part by encouraging "management and flexibility waivers." However, greater latitude is needed. The execution of domestic public policy requires that managers have the freedom to manage, to weigh the issues involved when program requirements are in conflict, and to make operational decisions to best realize policy objectives in the dynamic world of implementation. Legislation to authorize greater executive discretion toward these ends will markedly enhance the ability of administrators to achieve desired national policy outcomes, because they will be able to significantly improve the efficiency of the intergovernmental service delivery systems. It should be noted that special federal concern has been expressed about the extension of waivers to entitlement programs.[Endnote 5] These concerns should be given serious consideration. Endnotes 4. In administering funds appropriated to an agency for domestic service delivery purposes, the agency head would be granted authority to waive any provision of a statute or regulation that she or he administers in connection with the obligation by the agency head or any use by the recipient of the funds (except for requirements relating to fair housing and nondiscrimination, the environment, and labor standards), upon finding that such a waiver would demonstrably enhance the accomplishment of national objectives, or demonstrably improve the efficiency of service delivery. 5. Comments on the draft report received from federal agencies.
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