Remarks by Donald Rumsfeld, September 18, 1970

In this speech in Indianapolis on September 18, 1970, Donald Rumsfeld, then-Counsellor to President Richard Nixon, praised the UniGov system and the Unified Planning Program (a coordinated approach to planning and funding metropolitan development efforts) as emblematic of the philosophy of New Federalism, which sought to transfer decision-making and funding power from the federal government to the state and local levels.