The article discusses issues in employment and unemployment statistics, how economists figure statistics, the difficult issues that are being studied by a presidential commission headed by Sar Levitan, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics' revised cost-price index (CPI) format. (MF)

Characteristics of the 1.3 million participants enrolled in CETA (Comprehensive Employment and Training Act) programs during the first quarter of fiscal year 1978 are presented primarily by way of a data table. Some of the statistical categories included are enrollment by program title, sex, age, education, socioeconomic status, military status,…

Describes Federal efforts to improve and expand apprenticeship opportunities: (1) Concentrate on industries other than construction, (2) improve the Federal-State partnership in apprenticeship, (3) establish Community Apprenticeships Councils, (4) start industry promotion campaigns, and (5) encourage apprenticeship in the Federal government. (WL)

Attempts to document how the women's movement has affected secretaries in the last several years. Organizations, persons involved in various movements, and statistical information are included. (WL)