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Peer reviewedMears, David F.; Sellers, William – SRA Journal of the Society of Research Administrators, 1992
A study found that formal federally mandated equipment screening requirements are negligible in meeting their stated objectives of preventing purchase of unnecessary/duplicative equipment. Savings resulting from purchases not made represented under 0.008 percent of all federal dollars used to purchase equipment, with $10.35 spent for every dollar…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Costs, Equipment Evaluation, Equipment Standards
Download full textComptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1973
Because federal expenditures for child care services provided under contract are increasing, the U.S. General Accounting Office reviewed federal and state administration of contracts for such services in California and Pennsylvania. Under title IV-A, states receive federal funds for child-care programs to help welfare families move from dependency…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Child Care, Community Coordination, Coordination
Young, Stuart; Richmond, Jim – 1980
Information supplied in this bulletin stems from a review of the process the Creswell (Oregon) School District used in adopting its own energy conservation measures and in successfully applying for a construction grant for energy-efficient buildings. A number of questions that school districts may have in attempting to establish energy…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrator Guides, Check Lists, Cost Effectiveness
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. – 1981
These Congressional hearings contain testimony given in Nashville, Tennessee, concerning the administration, execution, and effectiveness of four rehabilitation, education, and training programs relating to veterans and their dependents that are administered by the Veteran's Administration. Programs reviewed are Vocational Rehabilitation; the G.I.…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Adult Education, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Legislation
Douma, Wallace H. – 1985
Ways to improve college student loans, work-study, and grants programs are suggested, based on the experience of the financial aid director at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. It is recommended that emphasis be shifted from the Guaranteed Student Loan (GSL) Program to the National Direct Student Loan (NDSL) Program, which is more…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Cost Effectiveness, Eligibility, Federal Aid
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Ways and Means. – 1979
Presented are the proceedings of hearings before the Subcommittee on Public Assistance and Unemployment Compensation of the Committee on Ways and Means, United States House of Representatives, concerning legislative proposals amending Title XX social services programs, AFDC foster care and child welfare service programs. Testimony is included from…
Descriptors: Adoption, Child Welfare, Cost Effectiveness, Delivery Systems
Coalition for Student Loan Reform, Washington, DC. – 1993
This report proposes reform recommendations in the Federal Student Loan Program that are intended to reduce government (and taxpayer) costs, allow for the incorporation of the National Service Initiative, and provide more flexible repayment terms for borrowers. The proposal provides for an evaluation period for direct government lending, the…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Cost Effectiveness, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies, Minneapolis, Minn. – 1971
The 12 presentations and discussions of a two-day conference on the cost of day care, held in May 1971 and attended by experts on the costs, economics, and financial aspects of day care, are provided in this report. The presentations are as follows: "Techniques of Analyzing Costs and Cost-Benefit Ratios for Day Care" by Delroy Cornick; "Strategy…
Descriptors: Child Care, Computer Programs, Conference Reports, Cost Effectiveness
Haveman, Robert H., Ed.; Palmer, John L., Ed. – 1982
These nine papers are from a conference held at Brookings Institution on April 3-4, 1980, focusing on subsidizing private sector job creation for workers with structural employment problems. Chapter 1 summarizes the papers and conference proceedings. The remaining nine chapters are divided into three parts consisting of three papers each. Part 1…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Education, Categorical Aid, Cost Effectiveness
PDF pending restorationThompson, David; And Others – 1977
As an overall assessment of the Work Incentive (WIN) and Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) tax credit programs, the project reported sought answers to the following questions: (1) To what degree are tax credits a factor in employer decisions to hire WIN registrations and welfare recipients? (2) What are the differences in usage of the…
Descriptors: Business, Cost Effectiveness, Credit (Finance), Employer Attitudes
Administration for Children and Families (DHHS), Washington, DC. Div. of State Legalization and Repatriation. – 1991
The State Legalization Impact Assistance Grant (SLIAG) Program, administered by the Administration for Children and Families within the Department of Health and Human Services, provides grants to states to help them pay the costs of providing services to certain aliens legalized under the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA). An…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Citizenship Education, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education
National Inst. of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1976
This interim report, the first of three requested by Congress from NIE, is in response to Congress' instructions to NIE via the 1974 ESEA amendments to (1) conduct a study of compensatory education programs which would examine the fundamental purposes and effectiveness of the programs, (2) analyze ways of identifying children in greatest need of…
Descriptors: Accountability, Boards of Education, Compensatory Education, Cost Effectiveness
