The purpose of this report is to focus attention on nurse manpower data and the related coordinating activities of the Interagency Conference on Nursing Statistics (ICONS). The report describes ICONS and its objectives and presents a summary of the proceedings of the organization's 1971 conference. The papers which are included provide information…

This sixth version of "A Manual for Manpower Accounting in Higher Education" is the product of a six-year joint effort by NCES and NCHEMS. Data on manpower resources within an institution reflects the nature, amount, and use of the asset or resource that its personnel represent. Conventional personnel data, by contrast, typically consist only of…

A study was designed to evaluate the need for new labor market information and for methods of making better use of currently collected statistical and administrative data. The project was to demonstrate various information technologies which would improve the delivery of labor market information. Various computer models of labor market information…

This training package, consisting of information concerning the content, use, and applications of the Occupational Information System (OIS), is designed for use in a training presentation conducted for administrators, trainers, counselors, job placement specialists, and economic development staff who will be working with the OIS. Included in the…

In order to be maximally effective, an occupational information system (OIS) designed to support vocational education planning, administration, and client services should contain information dealing with energy, women in the work force, productivity, population demographics, equal opportunity, civil rights, coordination and linkage, new and…