Annotations and bibliographic information are provided for reports, journal articles and other documents referring to scientists and engineers received by the U. S. Civil Service Commission library between 1965 and 1969. The documents are classified and reported in the following sections: supply and demand for technical personnel; personnel…

This report, prepared for the New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE), is one of six concerned with the public service training and education needs of the New England states. Section I discusses the background and tradition of public service training in Connecticut. Section II deals with in-service training programs provided by state and…

The Personnel Management Training Center's Course Schedule for Fiscal Year 1973 lists all courses available to government employees. Interagency training programs include courses in employee relations, counseling, personnel management, and instructor training. Courses are also offered by the Equal Employment Opportunity Training Institute, and…

Findings, based on viewpoints and suggestions from New York Cooperative Extension administrative staff, regarding the personnel function now under the direction of Associate Director in charge of management and operations are summarized. On the basis of findings, suggestions for discussion and decision making regarding this function are given.…

This report draws on a series of conferences held to develop guides for labor-management cooperation at the plant level. These included six recent initiatives conferences held in cooperation with State University Institutes of Industrial Relations and the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) and a seventh sponsored by the Commission…

Presented is a manual designed to aid social workers and other staff of institutions in dealing with problems of disabled Social Security Administration (SSA) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) beneficiaries who receive their benefits through representative payees. Information is provided about such topics as different types of benefits,…

Answers a variety of questions on the role of management by objectives in government service. (Available from Public Personnel Management, Room 240, 1313 East 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637; $15.00 annually, $3.00 single copy.) (Author/IRT)

Discusses Chicago's recent adoption of a new personnel system patterned closely after the Model Public Personnel Administration Law developed by the National Civil Service League (NCSL). Describes major provisions of NCSL's model law and relates the process used by NCSL to develop, evaluate, and encourage adoption of the model law. (JG)

The directory covers the U.S. and Canada. (AG)

Computer assisted tailored testing was used in a study of 163 Civil Service examinees to assess examinee's affective response to the testing setting. Response was summarized as overwhelmingly positive. (Author/JKS)

Examines influence of political and economic factors on the public employee bargaining process. (PKP)

This article presents an analysis of six major issues involved in ASBO's resolution opposing mandatory Social Security: fiscal implications for taxpayers; impact on the economy; mandatory coverage as a solution; patriotism as an issue; promises violated by Social Security; and the legal issues of mandatory coverage. (Author/MLF)

A survey discloses that collective bargaining sessions open to the public are approved and recommended by Florida's school board members by greater than a two-to-one majority. (Author/MLF)

Presents a directory of 52 federal government offices and programs which employ historians in the Washington, D.C. area. For each entry, the following information is given: agency name, name of the official in charge, address, and telephone number. (Author/DB)

Provides a brief history of public employee organizations and examines major methods used by such groups to establish their legitimacy. Focuses on the way this legitimacy impacts organizational authority structures. (Author)