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- The Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America. Title 3: The President. Revised as of 1 January 1982: 1981 compilation parts 100 and 101. Pages 187 et seq.
- Denise M Allard (ed). "*4036* President's Task Force on Private Sector Initiatives": Encyclopedia of Governmental Advisory Organisations 1986–87. Fifth Edition. Gale Research Company. ISBN 9780810302556. Section 8. Page 738. Google Books [ permanent dead link ].
- Peter Dobkin Hall. Inventing the Non-Profit Sector and Other Essays on Philanthropy, Voluntarism, and Nonprofit Organizations. The Johns Hopkins University Press. Baltimore and London. 1992. ISBN 0801842727. Pages 80, 89, 303 and 332.
- Marvin Olasky. "Reagan's Second Thoughts on Corporate Giving". Fortune. 20 September 1983.
- ↑ December 1982. Journal of Community Action Vol. 1, No. 4 1982 Community Partnerships; Perspectives on Partnerships; C. William Verity Jr., William Aramony, Hon. Pierre DuPont IV, William White, E. Morgan Williams.
- ↑ Executive Order 12329 -- President's Task Force on Private Sector Initiatives, archived from the original on 2016-03-05, retrieved 2008-04-27
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