Volume 1 reports on Federal productivity and productivity trends for Fiscal Years 1967-1973, and comments on the causes of productivity increases and decreases. The report, prepared to promote improved financial management in individual agencies and on a government-wide scale, includes productivity measurement data supplied by 46 agencies. The…

This report was designed as an initial attempt to address the role of the federal government in ecological research and application of this research. The Ad Hoc Committee on Ecological Research, appointed for this study, provided advice and guidance in the following five areas: (1) identification of national needs for ecological knowledge and…

The architects of public resource allocation systems have put forth Planning Programming Budgeting Systems (PPBS) as a more rational method of managing the Federal establishment because PPBS allows identification of governmental objectives and reduces the opportunity for perpetuation of an enterprise which may no longer be necessary. Advantages of…

The application of Planning Programming Budgeting Systems (PPBS) techniques to decision making and resource allocation practices has been utilized by Federal civilian agencies under Presidential directive since 1965. The application of PPBS by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare is discussed and experimentation by the State Department…

The federal government has not come close to fulfillment of its educational responsibilities. The problem will not be solved short of radical changes in the status of education at the national level and a greatly enlarged awareness of the responsibilities of those who wield national power. The changes are needed in two areas: federal policy and…

This document contains the hearings before the U. S. Senate's Subcommittee on Alcoholism and Narcotics on the questions of extending and improving the Drug Abuse Education Act of 1970. Because of the concerns inherent in possible repeal of this act, two bills were presented which would greatly improve both the quality and quantity of drug and…

This document is an abstract of a joint meeting between National Institute of Education (NIE) and National Education Association (NEA) staff. The document is organized around four ideas discussed at the meeting. The first is the political constituency for NIE; that is, the program of NIE must be made relevant and visible to educational…

This publication contains a study by the General Accounting Office which surveys the present inadequate federal system for gathering and analyzing statistics about energy production and use. The magnitude of the federal energy data effort is discussed, problem areas are specified, details of recent executive and legislative activities are…

This second report to the Congress of the United States on Alcohol and Health concentrates on highlighting certain advances in knowledge gained about uses and misuses of alcohol in the last few years. It does not attempt to address all aspects of knowledge, and deliberately bypasses those areas in which new information may be developing but has…

There have been major changes in the Justice Department's law enforcement program in the 10 years since passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. First, no longer is civil rights enforcement limited to the South. Today, the department's program is national in scope and focus. Some of the greatest gains in the desegregation of schools and in the…

A proposal up for consideration before the United States Senate is discussed. The program suggested is a redesign of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare in keeping with the principles of the New Federalism. The proposal touches every major area of HEW policy: it simplifies the Department's program structure; it narrows and focuses the…

This study presents statistical information gained from a survey of women employed full-time in Federal civilian collar employment as of October 31, 1971 in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, the 50 states and the territories of the U.S., and foreign countries. Excluded from the survey are members and employees of the Congress, employees of…

The Senate Select Committee on Equal Educational Opportunity held hearings on the quality and control of urban schools (Summer, 1971). The testimony of the various witnesses is recorded. Among the witnesses are professors of education, community leaders, and administrators of urban schools. The appendix includes material submitted by the witnesses…

In this hearing, Congressman John R. Rarick (Louisiana) helped put forth a concurrent resolution that each officer or employee of the Federal Government residing and working in the District of Columbia should send his children to the D. C. Public Schools. Congressman Rarick, and William Robinson from the District of Columbia government, were among…

This report is intended primarily for use by those who manage the Federal civilian work force. It is hoped, however, that it will prove useful to those without managerial responsibility who are concerned with the nature of and changes in the composition and structure of the Federal work force. The statistical data and analyses presented herein are…