Beth Walter Honadle is National Program Leader for Economic Development, Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. A specialist in state and local public finance and management, she is the author of Public Administration in Rural Areas and Small Jurisdictions. Arnold M. Howitt is Associate Director of the State, Local and Intergovernmental Center at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. The author of Managing Federalism, Dr. Howitt specializes in state and local public management and politics, and in intergovernmental relations.