Discusses legislation recently passed by Congress in response to the energy crisis, and the Nixon Administration's proposal for creating a new Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA) and a Nuclear Energy Commission (NEC). (JR)

The organization of a core collection in the library of an urban planning agency is discussed. The use of Termatrex information retrieval system is considered in the light of A Planning Library: The Empirical Approach,'' Special Libraries 62 (no.9): 335-339 (Sep 1971), an article on the same subject. (3 references) (Author)

Some of the interactions, between the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) of the Dept. of Commerce, and the Federal agencies that generate the reports that are in the NTIS system are described. Problems that result from this system of interagency cooperation are described also. (2 references) (Author/SM)

Discusses the need for counseling and support services for unmarried mothers and troubled adolescents. (ST)

The article is concerned with Canada's national objectives for the North. It sets out a reordering of priorities, suggesting a strategy for attaining those objectives which the Government considers to be of the highest priority for this decade (1970) in both the Yukon and the Northwest Territories. It takes special account of the fact that in most…

For a long time, engineers have concentrated on producing technological goods with a view toward profit and service. Recent emergence of environmental and social problems strongly suggest that this emphasis should be modified. Now engineers should participate in determining policies and patterns of technological development. (PS)

The Implementation Research Division has been formed to carry out an interdisciplinary multimedia program of studies to help the Environmental Protection Agency implement its environmental protection responsibilities. It is attempting to come up with convincing facts so that the general public can be assured that the costs they are being asked to…

With a new director and new direction, HEW's Office of Environmental Education is offering expertise and making grants to stimulate educational programs. Also, resource materials are being made available, successful programs are translated into other areas, and technical assistance is possible. Outstanding programs are summarized. (BL)

Using the examples of the national system of centers for deaf blind children in the U.S. and the programs for the education of the deaf in Denmark, a macro-solution for the provision of services to all exceptional children in the U.S. is proposed. (Author)

The information in this article is an indication of one state hospital association's efforts in providing educational opportunities and experiences for the constituents of the state. (Author)

Ecologists and engineers must work together to receive maximum benefits from new technologies being developed. Impacts of this close cooperation will be significant on both technologists and ecologists in future years. (PS)

A call for state leadership. (Editor)

Advocating environmental action on a personal level, the American Nature Study Society is attempting to provide schools and organizations with techniques which will start with the individual and his immediate environment. Hopefully this will counteract an abstract approach that involves the learner only as a spectator and results in a distortion…

SEAs will have to concentrate on learning how to do budgeting, evaluating, and relationship building with respect to the statewide educational systems. (Author)