Government funded research is approaching 60 percent of the total research conducted in this country and is still growing as a percentage of the total. The government patent policy during the 1960s and 1970s is briefly outlined and shown as permitting the agencies to use their discretion to determine whether or not the normal incentives of the…

In a speech given to judges, public officials, law teachers, lawyers, and students at the East China Institute of Politics and Law, Shanghai, the author discusses the U.S. Constitution. The U.S. Constitution made possible energetic government by majority rule, while also securing individual rights in their appropriate sphere. Not only does the…

The executive director of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science presents her personal views on changes in the role of the government in information and the changing role of the Commission as reflected in its current and proposed activities. The strengths of the U.S. information community and its position in the international…

Privacy is an issue that arises from the intersection of a demand for improved recordkeeping processes, and computing technology as the response to the demand. Recordkeeping in the United States centers on information about people. Modern day computing technology has the ability to maintain, store, and retrieve records quickly; however, this…

Computer technology ought to be among the most helpful and useful of any technology, but if it is not treated with care, the society will be worse off for it. The Federal Privacy Act of 1974 established the Privacy Protection Study Commission whose business started in June, 1975. In examination of the private sector, the commission's…

Although the federal role in education has expanded over the last ten years, critics have only recently begun to examine what this means to educational policy-making. Theorists, empirical researchers, and policy-makers need to examine a number of questions. (1) Why and how does the national government involve itself in public education? (2) What…

This paper discusses potential trade-offs between equity and efficiency as they pertain to the implementation of federal policy in education. It is the policy analyst's role, the paper says, to investigate the existence and magnitude of such trade-offs in a manner most useful for policy-making. The first section reviews the rationale for a federal…

In spite of the pressing need for good day care programs resulting mainly from a dramatic increase in the number of working mothers, there is no (federal) program of child care in the United States, except for the very poor. From the hypothesis that the lack of government response to growing day care needs reflects negative public attitudes toward…

Recommendations made by a Special Subpanel on Mental Health of Asian and Pacific Americans of the President's Commission on Mental Health are discussed in this paper. The subpanel determined that racism is the most pervasive mental health problem confronting Asian and Pacific Americans. The nine recommendations made by the subpanel focus on social…

Terrorists seek recognition for their cause by using violence to create public fear which will force the government into repressive counter-measures. The mass media play a vital role in this strategy. News reports of terrorism may magnify the climate of fear, thereby augmenting the public's overreaction. Moreover, broadcast of terrorist acts may…

The Johnson Administration rationale for commitment to Vietnam was supported by a series of claims about the nature of the Vietnam war and the logic of U.S. involvement in it. This paper states and supports the thesis that the exaggerated tone of certainty in the administration case for commitment had a dual effect, undermining both the rhetorical…

Reviewed in the speech by John Ottina, the U.S. Commissioner of Education, are trends in the federal government's role in education for the handicapped and current federally funded projects serving the handicapped. Noted is program growth from subsidies for just two facilities 20 years ago to the current annual budget of $300 million to support…

This article is concerned with the aged and looks briefly at the history of federal involvement in mental health care, discusses current trends, and examines the future of mental health care in the United States. (CMG)

The relationship between higher education and government has been described as an ongoing series of social contracts, the expectation that higher education should provide a return to society for the public investment given. This study focused on whether state planners for higher education in five states are expecting institutions to demonstrate…

Given the sweeping changes taking place in the world and their potential impact on the life of the individual, it is hard to explain why U.S. citizens have not been as attentive as they should to international and transnational developments. Recent research indicates that U.S. citizens lag behind residents of many Western nations in their…