Federal Volunteer Agency Seeks to Do Better Job of Managing Operations

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Stephen Goldsmith, a longtime political hand, has agreed to take a job that might be considered both a blessing and a curse.

As the interim board chairman of the Corporation for National and Community Service, Mr. Goldsmith presides over an agency that is set to get more money and new responsibilities, thanks to the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act, which expanded national-service programs and created a new fund to provide money to innovative nonprofit groups.

The agency's

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