Outlines the history of federal library aid and suggests a new program of general aid. (PF)

There is disagreement about who is to be the primary payer when dual coverage exists under Medicare and a employer-sponsored group health plan for federal, state, and local government employees after the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986. Medicare administrators of the Health Care Financing Administration interpret the Act as applying to…

The booklet presents the text of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended by P.L. 98-221 in 1984. The act is intended to develop and implement comprehensive programs of vocational rehabilitation and independent living. The text addresses seven major titles within the act (sample subtopics in parentheses): (1) vocational rehabilitation services…

The energy crisis has proved to be a boon to the National Science Foundation. The Foundation has requested approximately $788.2 million for 1975. Nearly all the increase over the 1974 budget and about 1/3 of the total budget is energy related. (RH)

Describes the services offered by the national program administered by the Library of Congress Division for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. (Author)

Outlines retreat from overall planning and management of federal scientific and technical information which began during the Nixon administration in early 1970s. Participation of the Office of Science and Technology and committees of Federal Council for Science and Technology and National Academy of Sciences-National Academy of Engineering is…

This brief examines how decreased program participation has affected poverty since welfare reform, reviewing changes in poverty from 1996-1998 and comparing families' current economic status with a scenario that assumes full participation in government support programs. Data come from the 1997 and 1999 National Surveys of America's Families (NSAF)…

Report on the uses made by disadvantaged youth of wages received from Neighborhood Youth Corps jobs. (BC)

An interview with the new chairman of the national Endowment for the Humanities. (HS)

Provides sources of information about apprenticeships, including the addresses of the state employment services. (BH)

Discusses good and bad points of the programs of the Educational Personnel Development Grants and notes problems of evaluating reading programs. (MD)

Describes key provisions of two recent federal program for rural schools: The Rural and Small Schools Achievement Program for rural districts with fewer than 600 students and the Rural and Low Income School Program for larger, high-poverty rural districts. (PKP)