... fair and equitable service from an appropriate source. Within six months of inauguration, the Bush administration released the President's Management Agenda, which very specifically addresses the most troubling issues facing federal government. Contained within this agenda is a specific reform objective, The Faith-Based and Community Initiative. This initiative outlines general reform, centered around existing legislation (Charitable Choice), designed to encourage and expand the cooperation and funding flow between the federal government and faith-based organizations through the newly created White House Office for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives.1 One purpose of the President's White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives is to remove "barriers" in the path of faith-based organizations that wish to provide government-funded social services. By actively seeking out and identifying barriers to the participation of faith-based organizations in the delivery of social services-and working to identifying rule changes to help those communities-the Office will assume responsibility for "charitable choice." ...

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