This document contains the text of three hearings held in Vermont, Michigan, and Iowa which constitute part two of the Congressional hearings held to examine reauthorization of the Older Americans Act. Opening statements are included from Representatives Dale Kildee, Tom Sawyer, Fred Grandy, and Thomas Tauke. Testimony is provided from 55…

This memorial lecture offers a synoptic overview of the history of childhood and a selective discussion of the current state of children's rights in Australia. Attention is drawn to now generally recognized rights of children and to specific legislation or policy in Australia relative to each of those rights. Specific recommendations, thought to…

By borrowing and adapting theoretical frameworks from the structural approach to migration and the dialectical view of legal repression, this paper attempts to explain why Haitian boat people in south Florida have been so singularly persecuted and, secondly, why the government's efforts to expel the Haitians have failed. First, the study's…

The August 1, 1984 hearing focuses on the monitoring activities of the Office of Special Education. Statements are presented from the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, Department of Education; representatives of the Consortium for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities (CCDD); and the Assistant Secretary for Special Education and…

Condensed versions of prepared statements submitted by participants in a seminar on air pollution control are presented. Topics are organized under the areas of transportation, heat and power, role of the courts, and future federal legislative needs. (DT)

The need for informed scientific advice for state and local legislators is emphasized. A list of 18 references on science and public policy is provided. (DT)

The solution to ever-increasing governmental corruption could be brought by concerned Americans working toward the establishment of a "countergovernment". (Editor)

The basic trouble in Jamaica is that the schools do not yet succeed in cutting off the problem of adult illiteracy at the root. (Author/AG)

In a cooperative effort government agencies and worker groups prevented migrant workers from becoming early casualties of the energy crisis through various help programs. (BP)

Author considered textbooks that focused on British Government. (Editor/RK)

This discussion of the possibilities in televising Congressional sessions is a part of a symposium on legislative and judicial communications. (CH)

Reviews research policy as evolved under EPA. Suggests that research under the Clean Air Act be transferred to another agency, perhaps the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. (SLH)

A statement submitted on behalf of ASIS to the Subcommitte on Science Research and Development of the Committee on Science and Astronautics of the U.S. House of Representatives on the NSF Authorization Act 1975, HR 12816. (Author/JB)

This volume presents an analysis of the legal framework for state administration of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. The study's basic research objective is to determine what clarifications, additions, or deletions are needed in the present legal framework to improve program administration. More specifically, this…

Part one of this report describes a serious political restraint on communication regarding government affairs: Executive Order 11652, which provides for the classification and declassification of national security information. Although this order was originally intended to guard against "unauthorized disclosure (which) could reasonably be…