Over the past two years, the U.S. Department of Education's (ED) has made such extensive compromises in implementing the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB)that the law's legitimacy is in serious question. In response to growing state and local opposition to the law, political and professional criticisms of its requirements, and the…

The U.S. Government's concern for preservation of important archeological properties began during the 19th century in response to the destruction and looting of Indian ruins in the U.S. Southwest. Since that time, the breadth of this concern has grown to include the consideration of impact to archeological properties, as well as to other kinds of…

Designed for use by the reference librarian in searching for congressional subcommittee publications with incomplete bibliographic information and/or too recent to be listed in the CIS Index or the Monthly Catalog, this index consists of two lists. The first is an alphabetical listing by name of each subcommittee and includes the name of the…

Discusses the complexities involved in the Environmental Protection Agency's implementations of the Toxic Substance Control Act. (SL)

Examines federal access and dissemination policies favoring availability of public information; structures for producing and disseminating government information; legislation and implications of policy decisions; effect of new technologies on public access and dissemination; executive-branch policy directions; and call for action to reverse trends…

On June 6, 1933 the U.S. Employment Service was established with the passage of the Wagner-Peyser Act. Earlier attempts to establish a labor exchange had been controversial and short-lived, but the legislation was virtually unopposed because of Depression-era problems. (JOW)

Details provisions of a presidential directive for federal agencies to review programs, policies, and initiatives to ensure that they engage and include fathers, use evidence of father involvement to measure program success, and incorporate fathers in research. Describes Department of Health and Human Services' programs that serve fathers,…

The Acting Commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) outlines his goals for the agency. These include supporting the re-authorization of the NCES and increasing its support and information dissemination functions. (SLD)

"Straight A's: Public Education Policy and Progress" is a biweekly newsletter that focuses on education news and events both in Washington, DC and around the country. The following articles are included in this issue: (1) Congress Moves Forward with Budget Plan for FY 2008: House and Senate Spending Blueprints Include Significant…

This article explores the use of ironic performance in education, particularly around issues of human rights. I examine my own efforts to engage audiences with the history of domestic espionage and sabotage by the intelligence agencies of the United States. This is a history well known to some marginalized counterpublics (see Fraser, 1997), but…

E-Rate is a U.S. federal funding program for providing discounts for telecommunications, Internet access and internal networking costs for schools and libraries to ensure access equity across poor and rich, rural, urban and suburban areas, and highly served and underserved areas. This paper examines the impact of the E-Rate program on social…