Fiscal and programmatic controls that have been applied to different types of federal grants are described. It is suggested that a simplification of grant program structure is necessary to establish priorities and ways or controls to pursue these priorities. (CJ)

Identifies problematic points in the transfer of information from government to library to user, and discusses government accountability, survey results concerning publications being cataloged, use studies, the conversion of Government Printing Office publications to microformat, and federal economizing measures. Fourteen references are cited.…

Discusses the key issues, major events, and representative publications related to library acquisitions and collection development for 1981, with specific reference to federal government activities, publishing, planning and budgeting, collection use and collection growth, and acquisitions methods. A 113-item bibliography is included. (Author/JL)

This article examines federal policy in the context of professional development and in-service education for school personnel. (MM)

Discusses contradictions in Federal educational policy regarding mainland v island Puerto Ricans. Reviews recent information on the educational status of Puerto Ricans and other Hispanics. Holds that the government has a legal obligation to develop a systematic bilingual education policy and to resolve the segregation of ethnic and language…

Discussed is the research evidence related to the problems of diet and disease. Five areas are discussed including cholesterol, fat, sucrose, excess calories and obesity, alcohol, and salt. Recommendations are provided. (SA)

Provides a brief history of Federal agency involvement in programs for children and their families, examines factors that affect the development of Federal social policy, and suggests future trends. Includes a brief summary of the existing 93 programs operated by various agencies of the Federal government. (Author/BJV)

Discusses the issue of who has the right to sell or collect recyclables and the use of recycling flow control ordinances by local governments. Cites specific examples in California. (MDH)

America is a knowledge-based society. But the knowledge business has a problem. It does not know enough. When General Electric or Microsoft has a problem, it spends several percent of its revenues--perhaps billions of dollars--on research and development. It does so despite enormous demands on the resources that drive its profits. Historically, as…

This report tracks federal spending from 1960 to 2006 and uses current policy and some assumptions to project activity through 2017. The report looks at more than 100 major programs that aim to improve children's lives through income security, health care, social services, food and nutritional aid, housing, education, training, and tax credits and…

The National Commission on Agriculture and Rural Development Policy, established by Congress to provide broad, long-range policy perspectives, examined rural development policy issues and made many field visits to observe rural conditions and rural development projects. The Commission recognized the diversity of rural communities and identified…

An Internal Revenue Code provision (section 127) that allows taxpayers to exclude from gross income the amounts their employer paid for their education expired at the end of 1987. Several bills have been introduced in the 100th Congress to reauthorize section 127. Without the exclusion, individuals may have to pay taxes on such assistance unless…

This booklet contains two papers: (1) "Federal Agencies and Urban Segregation: Steps Toward Coordinated Action," by Gary Orfield; and (2) "Mounting a Concerted Federal Attack on Urban Segregation," by William L. Taylor. In the first paper, racial, economic, and educational trends in urban areas are reviewed. Lack of Federal commitment,…

An overview of U.S. academic achievement and the role of the federal government is offered in this report. It looks at scores on national tests, such as the SAT, and finds that although some improvements in math scores are evident, overall, students still score below scores from the 1970s. Furthermore, it is claimed that American students' math…

The economic census is the major source of facts about the structure and functioning of the nation's economy. It provides essential information for government, business, industry, and the general public. The economic census furnishes an important part of the framework for such composite measures as the gross domestic product estimates,…