Title IV of the Intergovernmental Personnel Act of 1971 authorizes the temporary exchange of personnel between federal executive agencies to or from states, local governments, institutions of higher education, and Indian tribal governments to do work of mutual benefit and concern. Examples of such exchanges are reported. (LBH)

The Intergovernmental Personnel Act Program (IPA), begun in 1971, provides for the temporary exchange of personnel between federal executive agencies and states, local governments, institutions of higher education, and Indian tribal governments to do work of mutual benefit and concern. In the five years following the program's inception, more than…