Descriptions are offered of numerous approaches used in five Southern states to enable local universities to provide selected backup services to state government. The report is based on informal case studies in Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, and Tennessee. The descriptions of the programs reveal that a variety of organizational structures and techniques are being used in the several states to facilitate the delivery of a broad range of services by local universities to state government. Together, they comprise an interesting set of alternatives, conceived under a variety of conditions and utilizing different arrangements. Each state represents a different situation and a different response to the common problem of how universities can best organize themselves to provide services to particular groups in state government. (Author/LBH)