Bill Van Note and his year with HUD: Learning how the government works;

              I :'s important for everyone in the business
community to learn as much as possible about how
the government works.'
"I think that with the expanding role of
the federal government in the nation's
economy it's important for everyone in
the business community to learn as
much as possible about how govern­ment
works." That's how Washington
partner Bill Van Note feels after spend­ing
a year with the Department of
Housing and Urban Development as
one of forty-six participants in the
President's Executive Interchange
Program.
The program, which was initiated in
1969, seeks to promote better mutual
understanding between government
and the private sector by bringing busi­ness
executives into government and
by allowing government employees to
work in business for one year. The
President's Commission on Personnel
Interchange directs the operation and is
assisted by a staff that scouts for poten­tial
candidates from business and gov­ernment.
"The program has several
objectives," Bill explains. "In addition
to encouraging a better working rela­tionship
between business and govern­ment,
it provides executives with op­portunities
for professional growth
and makes possible an exchange of
management expertise and technical
knowledge. This exchange is further
enhanced when the executives return
to their original positions and are able
to share knowledge they have acquired
with their colleagues. A long-range
goal of the program is to develop a
group of executives within the business
community who could be called on to
serve government in the future, either
on advisory panels or in appointive
positions."
Bill became acquainted with the
V'.ijjll ^m Note
and His Hear with HUD:
JLearmiiiff Hon?
the Government §9ork%
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