This report summarizes the proceedings of a conference on manpower research that assembled a heterogeneous group of data gatherers, analysts, and policymakers to assess data and information needs, the usage of information by researchers, the policy implications of ongoing research, and the processes by which academic findings impact on policy. The content consists of a summary of the conference discussion which included manpower research and policy, research-policy interface, macroeconomic theory and policy, local manpower planning, designing and administering research efforts, manpower research priorities, research in congressional and administrative policy, and summary observations. The appendix, which comprises three-fourths of this report, contains a list of conference participants and four conference papers. These papers and their authors are as follows: (1) "The National Longitudinal Surveys: Lessons for Human Resource Policy," by Herbert S. Parnes; (2) "Lessons from the National Longitudinal Surveys: A Commentary," by Arvil V. Adams; (3) "Selected Comments on Research and Policy," by William Spring; and (4) "AFL-CIO Statement on Manpower Research and Policy," by Markley Roberts. (EM)