White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs: Difference between revisions

The Office of Intergovernmental Affairs was established in 1955 by President Dwight D. Eisenhower when he appointed former [[Governor of Arizona|Arizona Governor]] [[John Howard Pyle]] as Special Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs.  The appointment followed the recommendations of the [[Commission on Intergovernmental Relations|Kestnbaum Commission on Intergovernmental Relations]], which had been established by Congress to study problems in the interactions between federal and state governments.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Patterson |first=Bradley H. |date=1994 |title=Teams and Staff: Dwight Eisenhower's Innovations in the Structure and Operations of the Modern White House |jstor=27551241 |journal=Presidential Studies Quarterly |volume=24 |issue= 2 |pages=277–298}}</ref>