The National Adult Literacy Initiative calls for a collaborative effort among the public, private, voluntary, and military sectors to address more effectively illiteracy through adult education. One of the first points in the initiative calls for continued educational services funded by the federal government and administered by the states. Other key aspects of the initiative include the provision of funding for a national awareness campaign and for follow-up mechanisms designed to recruit literacy volunteers and to encourage private sector funding of literacy efforts; development of the National Adult Literacy Project to identify exemplary programs and disseminate information on them; involvement of high school and college students in literacy programs using college work study funds and student volunteer programs; and expansion of existing networks and creation of new linkages among special, vocational, and adult educators and rehabilitative service providers. To support further the objectives of the Adult Literacy Initiative, the Department of Education is establishing the Federal Employee Literacy Training Program (FELT) to provide a cadre of federal employee literacy volunteers and to secure space for literacy tutoring. In addition, the department is establishing liaison with volunteer and service groups in an ongoing field outreach and input system. (MN)