This document provides a quick overview and set of detailed tables of the findings of the annual employee survey at Howard Community College (Maryland). The Quality Evaluation of Service Trends (QUEST) Survey affords all college employees the opportunity to give their assessment of college services, campus climate, job satisfaction, and college…

The document is comprised of articles of agreement and addenda by and between the County of Rensselaer and the Board of Trustees of Hudson Valley Community College as co-employers and the College Unit of Local 842 Civil Service Employees Association, Inc. ("union"). The articles address topics such as affirmative action, recognition and…

Assessing people who operate in different languages necessitates the use of multiple language versions of an assessment. However, different language versions of an assessment are not necessarily equivalent. In this paper, the psychometric properties of different language versions on an international employee attitude survey are evaluated. This…

The workplace is continually changing to keep up with new technology, improvements in products and services and the growing demands of customers. To meet the challenge of this changing environment, employers need to make greater demands on the skills of their employees to remain competitive. Basic skills are the essential building blocks which…

In 2003, the Department of Education's Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) managed about $60 billion in new financial aid. In 1998, the Congress designated FSA as a performance-based organization. In so doing, it specified purposes for the agency, such as to reduce program costs and increase accountability of its officials, and provided…

In this report, subnational economic data by industry, including Educational Services, is provided. County Business Patterns is useful for studying the economic activity of small areas; analyzing economic changes over time; and as a benchmark for statistical series, surveys, and databases between economic censuses. The number of establishments,…

A census of governments is taken at 5-year intervals as required by law under title 13, United States Codes, Section 161. This 2002 census, similar to those taken since 1957, covers three major subject fields: government organization; public employment; and government finances. This document contains six parts that cover the entire range of state…

A Special Labor Force Report indicates the educational attainment of the labor force continued its rising trend between March 1972 and March 1973. Educational attainment comparisons are made among younger and older, male and female, and white and minority race workers as well as type and level of occupation and income. (EA)

Personnel directors of 38 business firms responded to a questionnaire rating 24 employee traits related to competencies, attitudes, skills, and personality which needed improvement. Five traits were common among the rank order one to five to both retailer and commercial and service organization respondents: oral communication, initiative,…

A review of the communicational duties of a practicing city ombudsman. (CH)

Summary of the Society of Federal Linguists-sponsored panel discussion held during the American Translators' Association convention, Washington, D.C., November 17-19, 1972. (DD)

Analyzes the differences in selection of verbs between spoken and written English by public servants in Canada, a country which recognizes both French and English as official languages. (RB)

Discusses Nebraska's approach to public employee relations, the Nebraska Court of Industrial Relations. Suggests that the pattern developed in Nebraska, although it may appear somewhat more accidental than intentional, may offer a model to other States for strengthening impasse resoltuion machinery. (Author/JF)

Describes inspectors' work: From hotdogs to helicopters, from vitamins to visas, Federal, State, and local agents are constantly checking, weighing, and testing. (Editor)